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Croydon 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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This was, no doubt, due on the one hand to diminishing birth-rates, accentuated by the special drop in the birth-rate during the war, and on the other to decreasing death-rate producing an increase in the older portion of the population : —

Percentage of Total Population coming within the following agesPOPULATION OK CROYDON.
Census 1911.Census 1921.
Male.Female.Total.Male.FemaleTotal.
0—15 years.14.9115. 1930.1013.3113.2726.58
15—25 „7.269.1116.377.188 .9716.15
25—45 ,,13.8217. 7031.5213. 2617.0980.35
45—65 „7.248.9316.179.1311.0420. 17
Over 65 ,,2.143.505.642. 534 .226.75

BIRTHS.
3,370 births were registered during the year, grouped as
follows in respect of sex and legitimacy (see Appendix, Table I.):
Births— Males. Females
Legitimate 1583 1641 224
Illegitimate 68 78 146
1651 1719 3370
The birth-rate per 1,000 of the population was thus 17.4, as
compared with 18.2 in 1922. This is the lowest birth-rate recorded
in the Borough, with the exception of that for the three years 19171919,
when the birth-rate was directly affected by the war.
The birth-rate for England and Wales was 19.7, for London
20.2, and for the large towns, including London, 20.4.
Of the total Croydon births in 1923 4.5 per cent. were illegitimate,
compared with 4.4 per cent. in 1922.
DEATHS.
2007 deaths of Croydon residents were registered during 1923
(Appendix, Table L), giving a death-rate of 10.4.