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Croydon 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Staff of Clinics for Remedial Exercises and Massage—
†May Appleton, Diploma of Chelsea College of Physical Education, Organiser
and Supervisor of Physical Training (Girls) and Remedial Exercises
Classes.
†Winifred F. Batson, C.S.M.M.G. (Certificates in massage, medical electricity,
and Swedish remedial exercises), Masseuse, School Medical Service.
†Lucy J. Peake, C.S.M.M.G. (Certificates in massage, medical electricity, and
Swedish remedial exercises), Masseuse, Maternity and Child Welfare
(part-time).
Croydon Borough Hospital, Croydon Borough Sanatorium, and Sick
Nursery—
Nursing and Domestic Staffs.
Clerical Staff—
Twenty-one full-time clerks.
{Exchequer contributions are received in respect of salaries of these officers.
STATISTICAL SUMMARY.
1. General Statistics.
Area (acres).—9,012.
Population (Census 1921).—190,877.
Population, June, 1924 (Registrar General's Estimate).—196,000.
Number of Inhabited Houses (1921).—41,923.
Rateable value.—£1,383,189 (December, 1924).
Sum represented by a penny rate.—£5,216 (net).

2. Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.

Births—Males.Females.Total.Birth Rate.
Legitimate162916603289
Illegitimate848316717.6
Totals171317433456

Deaths—2,280. Death rate—11.6.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth:—
From Sepsis, 2.
From other causes, 8.
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births (infant
mortality)—56.
Legitimate rate, 49, Illegitimate rate, 203.
Number of deaths from Measles (all ages)—4.
,, Whooping Cough (all ages)—11.
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)—19.
Other particulars required by the Ministry of Health under
Circular 540, of 18th December, 1924, will be found in the body of
the report and can be traced through the index.