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Croydon 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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INHABITED HOUSES.—The number of inhabited houses
cannot be ascertained with accuracy. At the last census, in April,
1911, it was 34,363, while 2,880 houses were empty at that date.
During 1914, 721 houses have been passed by the Borough Engineer
as fit for occupation. The estimated number of inhabited
houses in June, 1914, was 39,224.
THE AREA of the Borough is 9,012 acres, and the density of
the population 20.2 per acre.
The appro Wards is as fo
ximate acreage and the populat llows :—
don per acre of the
| Areas in Acres. | Wards. | Population per acre estimated to June, 1914. |
|---|---|---|
| 1660 | Upper Norwood (sub.division) | 16.7 |
| Thornton Heath do. | ||
| 980 | South Norwood | 28. 1 |
| 998 | West | 37.3 |
| 1181 | Nrrth | 26.9 |
| 404 | Central | 39.6 |
| 2209 | East | 9.8 |
| 1580 | South | 12.4 |
| 9012 |
THE BIRTHS registered during the year in the Borough
numbered 4,027. Owing to the receipt from the Registrar.General
of the number of births properly belonging to other districts and
also of the number occurring elsewhere but properly belonging to
Croydon, it is possible to obtain the corrected number for the
Borough, namely, 4,007. Of those born, 2,017 were boys and
1,990 were girls. The birth rate equalled 22.0 per 1,000, as compared
with 23.8 for England and Wales.
Of the total births, 182, or 4.5 per cent, were illegitimate.
The births were distributed as follows:—
| Total. | Birth rate per 1,000 estimated population. | |
|---|---|---|
| Upper Norwood Sub.Division | IO9 | 13.1 |
| South Ward | 353 | 17.9 |
| Central Ward | 290 | 18.1 |
| East | 468 | 21.4 |
| BOROUGH | 4027 | 22.0 |
| South Norwood Ward | 628 | 22.8 |
| North Ward | 729 | 22.8 |
| Thornton Heath Sub.Division | 496 | 25.5 |
| West Ward | 841 | 22.5 |
| The Workhouse | 83 | |
| Victoria House, 99, Central Hill (Servants. Reformatory) | 30 | |
| Outward Transfers | 58 | |
| Inward ,, | 38 |