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There were 193 inquests held by Coroners in respect of
Croydon residents during 1930, and 116 findings by Coroners after
post-mortem examination without inquest.
Wards with the highest death-rates were: Waddon (13.0), and
Thornton Heath (12.5). Those with the lowest were Woodside
(7.6), Bensham Manor (9.0), Addiscombe(9.1), and South (9.2).
Natural Increase.— The excess of births over deaths was 1,177
or 5.7 per 1,000 of the population. A comparison with previous
years is given below.
Immigration is apparently playing a larger part than emigration
and is leading to a rapid population increase. In the nature
of things this is a difficult factor to estimate with any accuracy
and in time leads to deductions based on total population, being
only approximate. In a town like Croydon standardisation of rates
upon group ages of population is a valuable method of arriving at
more accurate results, but this cannot be done without a census.
The longer the period from the last Census the more problematical
do statistics become. The population given by the Registrar
General for 1930 is the same as for 1929: but if the estimated rate
of increase was maintained in 1930, at the same figure as for the
previous 8 years, the population should be about 226,000.