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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table LII.
The following were the Wards from which new patients came:—
| Ward. | Density of Population persons per acre. 1921 census | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | Incidence Rate per 1000 | Death Rate per 1000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Norwood | 13.2 | 32 | 8 | 40 | 2.6 | 0.77 |
| Norbury | 17.2 | 23 | 5 | 28 | 2.3 | 0.82 |
| West Thornton | 27.6 | 26 | 6 | 32 | 2.0 | 1.20 |
| Bensham Manor | 42.6 | 32 | 2 | 34 | 2.2 | 0.78 |
| Thornton Heath | 41.8 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 1.4 | 1.12 |
| South Norwood | 24.5 | 27 | 7 | 34 | 1.8 | 0.59 |
| Woodside | 34.7 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 1.4 | 1.13 |
| East | 5.9 | 19 | 6 | 25 | 1.9 | 0.23 |
| Addiscombe | 46.5 | 21 | ... | 21 | 1.3 | 0.24 |
| Whitehorse Manor | 63.5 | 23 | 11 | 34 | 1.8 | 0.75 |
| Broad Green | 69.8 | 21 | 5 | 26 | 1.5 | 0.88 |
| Central | 34.9 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 1.4 | 0.51 |
| Waddon | 14.2 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 1.7 | 1.01 |
| South | 10.9 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 1.2 | 0.82 |
| Addington | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1.0 | 0.96 |
| No fixed abode | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| 312 | 75 | 387 | 1.7 | 0.79 |
The Wards showing the highest incidence of new patients in
1930 were: Upper Norwood (2.6), Norbury (2.3), and Bensham
Manor (2.2).
The highest death-rates were in West Thornton (1.20), Woodside
(1.13), and Thornton Heath (1.12). With the relatively
small figures available, these rates are subject to wide annual
variations.
Both the incidence and mortality rates for the various wards
for 1930 show a substantial decrease on 1929 figures. They are
not, however, so real as they appear, as in the 1929 figures we
were only able to work on the 1921 Census figure but for 1930 we
are able to use an estimated figure based on the Registrar General's
population. The Census figure was 191,873 and the Registrar
Greneral's figure 222,300. Hence the decreases.