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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE I.
For whole District, (or Calendar Year 1910.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Deaths under One Year of Age. | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Non-residents registered in District. | Deaths of Resident registered beyondDistrict. | Deaths at all Ages Nett d. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.1 | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate* | |||||
| X | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1900. | 131,186 | 3270 | 24 9 | 432 | 132 | 1977 | 15.1 | 419 | 63 | 6 | 1920 | 14.6 |
| 1901. | 134,665 | 3578 | 26 6 | 501 | 140 | 1829 | 13.6 | 383 | 83 | 2 | 1748 | 12.9 |
| 1902. | 137,917 | 3576 | 25 9 | 476 | 133 | 1965 | 14.3 | 429 | 74 | 13 | 1904 | 13.8 |
| 1903. | 141,157 | 3726 | 26 4 | 386 | 104 | 1740 | 12.3 | 454 | 129 | 57 | 1670 | 11.8 |
| 1904. | 144,419 | 3769 | 26 1 | 483 | 128 | 2071 | 14.3 | 598 | 148 | 75 | 1998 | 13.8 |
| 1905. | 147,704 | 3894 | 26 4 | 372 | 96 | 1941 | 13.1 | 541 | 142 | 83 | 1S82 | 12.7 |
| 1906. | 151,011 | 3886 | 25 7 | 485 | 125 | 2085 | 13.8 | 629 | 160 | 94 | 2019 | 13.4 |
| 1907 | 154,342 | 3967 | 25 7 | 371 | 94 | 1953 | 12.5 | 611 | 149 | 97 | 1901 | 12.3 |
| 1908. | 157,698 | 4017 | 25 5 | 398 | 93 | 2C53 | 13.0 | 608 | 137 | 105 | 2021 | l2.3 |
| 1909 | 161,078 | 3938 | 24 4 | 313 | 79 | 1974 | 12.3 | 572 | 16 3 | 70 | 1879 | 11.7 |
| Averages for years 1900—1909 | 146,118 | 3762 | 25 8 | 422 | 113 | 1959 | 13.4 | 524 | 125 | 60 | 1894 | 13.0 |
| 1910. | 166,884 | 3810 | 22 8 | 331 | 87 | 1817 | 10.9 | 562 | 145 | 111 | 1783 | 10.7 |
*Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
a These are total births (uncorrected for Institutions).
b These are corrected for Institutions.
c Includes all deaths of residents and non-residents in Workhouse, Workhouse
Infirmary, Borough Hospital, General Hospital, Purley Cottage Hospital,
89, Central Hill (Servants Reformatory), and Norwood Cottage Hospital.
d Deaths of non-residents have been excluded in the case of the Workhouse,
Workhouse Infirmary, Borough Hospital, General Hospital, Purley Cottage
Hospital, 89, Central Hill (Servants' Reformatory), and Norwood Cottage
Hospital. Prior to 1903 correction was only made for the first three institutions.
e In 1903 arrangements were made for the first time whereby deaths of
Croydon persons in the London district were notified to the Medical Officer uf
Health.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 9,012.
At Census of 1901.—Total population at all ages, 133,895; number of
inhabited houses, 25,726 ; average number of persons per house, 5'2.