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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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| ward. | Estin ated popu'ation 1930. | Person® per acre. | Births. | Birth Rate. | Infant Mortality. | Deaths. | Death Rate | Natural in. crease of population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Norwood | 15,628 | 14.0 | 194 | 12.4 | 108 | 161 | 10.3 | +33 |
| Norbury | 12,109 | 22.1 | 168 | 138 | 48 | 129 | 10.6 | +39 |
| West Thornton | 15,834 | 33.3 | 378 | 23.9 | 29 | 183 | 11.6 | + 195 |
| Bensham Manor | 15,420 | 47.7 | 202 | 13.1 | 39 | 138 | 9.0 | + 64 |
| Thornton Heath | 15,109 | 49.0 | 271 | 17.9 | 66 | 189 | 12.5 | + 82 |
| South Norwood | 18,525 | 30.1 | 313 | 16.9 | 51 | 199 | 10.8 | + 114 |
| Woodside | 16,869 | 39.5 | 197 | 11.7 | 40 | 128 | 7.6 | + 69 |
| East | 13,247 | 7.0 | 177 | 13.3 | 40 | 143 | 10.8 | + 34 |
| Addiscombe | 16,559 | 56.0 | 214 | 12.9 | 33 | 161 | 9.1 | + 63 |
| Whitehorse Manor | 18,525 | 69.6 | 373 | 201 | 62 | 184 | 9.9 | + 189 |
| Broad Green | 17,076 | 76.6 | 320 | 18.7 | 38 | 185 | 10.8 | + 135 |
| Central | 13,764 | 37.6 | 156 | 11.3 | 51 | 157 | 11.4 | —1 |
| Waddon | 16,766 | 17.1 | 341 | 20.4 | 56 | 218 | 13.0 | + 123 |
| South | 15,834 | 13:3 | 159 | 10.4 | 25 | 146 | 9.2 | + 13 |
| Addington | 1,035 | 0.3 | 16 | 15.4 | 62 | 12 | 11 6 | + 4 |
| Unallocated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14 | ... | ... |
| 222,300 | 17.6 | 3514* | 15.8 | 48 | 2337* | 10.5 | + 1177 | |
| * Corrected figures. | ||||||||
Comments on Table VI.
Corrections have been made for deaths of, infants in institutions.
A death under such circumstances has been allocated to the Ward
in which the parents reside.
Infantile mortality was highest in Upper Norwood (108),
Thornton Heath (66), and Whitehorse Manor (62) ; lowest in South
(25), West Thornton (29), and Addiscombe (33).
Birth.rates were highest in West Thornton, Thornton Heath,
Waddon, Broad Green, and Whitehorse Manor; lowest in South,
Central and Woodside
The general death.rate was highest in Waddon, West Thornton,
and Thornton Heath; lowest in Woodside, Bensham Manor,
Addiscombe and South Wards.
Most persons to acre in Broad Green, Whitehorse Manor, and
Addiscombe; least in East, South, and Upper Norwood.
Addington, owing to its relatively scanty population, has not
been included for purposes of comparison.