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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 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE I.
For whole District, for Calendar Year 1918.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Reg. in the District. | Transferable Deaths | Nett deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| of Non-residents registered in the District. | of Residents not registered in the District. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. | Number. | Rate * | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate.* | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1906. | 151,011 | 3886 | 25.7 | 2085 | 13.8 | 160 | 94 | 485 | 125 | 2019 | 13.4 | |
| 1907. | 154,342 | 3967 | 25.7 | 1953 | 12.5 | 149 | 97 | 371 | 94 | 1901 | 12.3 | |
| 1908. | 157,698 | 4017 | 25.5 | 2053 | 13.0 | 137 | 105 | 398 | 99 | 2021 | 12.8 | |
| 1909. | 161,078 | 3938 | 24.4 | 1974 | 12 3 | 165 | 70 | 313 | 79 | 1879 | 11.7 | |
| 1910. | 166,884 | 3810 | 22.8 | 1817 | 10.9 | 145 | 111 | 331 | 87 | 1783 | 10.7 | |
| 1911. | 170,451 | 3760 | 3748 | 22.0 | 2069 | 12.1 | 177 | 130 | 395 | 105 | 2022 | 11.9 |
| 1912. | 174,257 | 3861 | 3859 | 22.1 | 1934 | 11.1 | 200 | 159 | 297 | 77 | 1893 | 10.8 |
| 1913. | 178,094 | 3890 | 3895 | 21.8 | 2110 | 11.8 | 204 | 190 | 368 | 94 | 2096 | 11.7 |
| 1914. | 181,956 | 4027 | 4007 | 22.0 | 2041 | 11.2 | 234 | 177 | 319 | 79 | 1984 | 10.9 |
| 1915. | 177,345 | 3699 | 3704 | 20.8 | 2463 | 13.8 | 269 | 221 | 307 | 83 | 2415 | 13.6 |
| 1916. | 175,765 | 3589 | 3636 | 20.6 | 2207 | 12.5 | 253 | 197 | 281 | 77 | 2151 | 12.2 |
| 1917.† | 186,917 | 2836 | 2861 | 15.3 | 2207 | 11.8 | 262 | 219 | 249 | 87 | 2164 | 11.09 |
| 1918.‡ | 188,755 | 2632 | 2626 | 13.9 | 2687 | 15.9 | 388 | 245 | 202 | 76 | 2544 | 15.1 |
* Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Census, 1911.
Total population at all ages, 169,551.
Number of inhabited houses, 34,363.
Average number of persons per house, 4.9.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 9,012.
†Registrar General's estimate of civilian population.
‡Registrar General's estimate of civilian population for death rate, 168462.