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Croydon 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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To various forms of injury, whether self-inflicted or
otherwise, 22 deaths were due, in all of which cases inquests
were held. This gives a Death Rate of 0'3, as against 0.2 in
1913, 0.3 in 1912, 0.2 in 1911, 0.4 in 1910.
The Death Rate in England and Wales in 1914 was 13.7
per thousand of population, and this was 0.2 per thousand
above the revised rate in 1913. Compared with the revised
average rate in the ten years 1904-1913, the Death Rate in
1914 showed a decrease of 0.7 per thousand.
| Annual rate pek 1000 living. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth-rate. | Death-rate. | Deaths from | |||||||
| Enteric Fever. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria | Violence. | |||
| England and Wales | 23.9 | 13.7 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 0.03 | 0.21 | 0.15 | 0.58 |
| 96 Great Towns, including London | 25.0 | 15.0 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.09 | 0.25 | 0.16 | 0.54 |
| 145 smaller Towns | 23.9 | 13.1 | 0.05 | 0.oo | 0.21 | 0.07 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.55 |
| England and Wales, less the 241 Towns | 22.2 | 12.4 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.65 |
| London | 21.3 | 14.4 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.07 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.59 |
| Croydon Rural District | 23.5 | 10.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.16 | 0.26 | 0.33 |
Deaths in Institutions.
The Deaths in Institutions situate in the District
numbered 217, as against 207 in 1913, 176 in 1912, 190 in
1911, 163 in 1910.