Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table VI.
WARDS. | Population (Census 1931). | Births. | Deaths. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate. | Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 Births. | Death Rate from Six Zymotic Diseases (excluding Diarrhoea) | Death Rate from Diarrhoea. | Death Rate from Bronchitis and Pneumonia. | Death Rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Death Rate from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Death Rate from Heart and Circulation Diseases. | Death Rate from Nervous Diseases. | Death Rate from Cancer. | Estimated persons per acre (1931). |
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Upper Norwood | 21742 | 186 | 221 | 8.5 | 10.2 | 80 | ... | ... | 1.24 | 0.78 | 0.08 | 2.58 | 0.37 | 1.65 | 19.5 |
Norbury | 15536 | 155 | 130 | 10.0 | 8.3 | 39 | ... | ... | 1.41 | 0.64 | 0.06 | 2.19 | 0.19 | 0.48 | 28.4 |
West Thornton | 19493 | 256 | 196 | 13.1 | 10.1 | 66 | 0.20 | 0.05 | 1.90 | 0.46 | 0.10 | 3.18 | 0.30 | 1.03 | 41.0 |
Bensham Manor | 15625 | 221 | 173 | 14.1 | 11.1 | 72 | 0.06 | ... | 1.60 | 0.38 | 0.06 | 3.20 | 0.58 | 1.15 | 48.4 |
Thornton Heath | 15175 | 274 | 159 | 18 .0 | 10.0 | 66 | 0.13 | ... | 2.37 | 0.59 | 0.13 | 2.11 | 0.19 | 1.51 | 49.1 |
South Norwood | 17211 | 334 | 216 | 19.4 | 12.5 | 48 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 2.15 | 0.64 | ... | 3.95 | 0.29 | 1.51 | 28.0 |
Woodside | 15213 | 190 | 175 | 12.5 | 11.5 | 37 | 0 .13 | ... | 2.23 | 0.99 | 0.06 | 3.61 | 0.33 | 1.84 | 35.6 |
East | 17529 | 197 | 191 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 30 | 0 .06 | ... | 1.71 | 0.63 | ... | 3.99 | 0.40 | 1.25 | 9.3 |
Addiscombe | 14047 | 190 | 170 | 13.5 | 12.5 | 47 | 0.14 | 0.21 | 2.35 | 0.64 | 0.07 | 3.13 | 0.35 | 1.85 | 47.6 |
Whitehorse Manor | 16276 | 339 | 228 | 20. 8 | 14 .0 | 74 | 0 .06 | 0.12 | 2.70 | 0.92 | 0.25 | 3.69 | 0.55 | 1.23 | 61.2 |
Broad Green | 14932 | 283 | 207 | 18.9 | 13.9 | 46 | ... | ... | 2.48 | 0.94 | ... | 4.96 | 0.20 | 1.41 | 67.0 |
Central | 11858 | 186 | 176 | 15.7 | 14.9 | 91 | ... | 0.17 | 1.77 | 0.68 | 0.17 | 4.05 | 0.59 | 2.20 | 32.4 |
Waddon | 21216 | 340 | 222 | 16.0 | * 10.5 | 53 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 1.65 | 0.57 | 0.14 | 3.35 | 0.24 | 1.08 | 21.6 |
South | 14471 | 158 | 171 | 10.9 | 11.8 | 63 | ... | 0.07 | 2.35 | 0.41 | ... | 2.97 | 0.48 | 1.73 | 12.2 |
Addington | 2791 | 39 | 21 | 13.0 | 7.6 | 51 | ... | ... | 0.71 | 0.71 | ... | 1.79 | 0.71 | 1.43 | 7.8 |
Borough | 233115 | 3400* | 2674* | 14.5 | 11.4 | 58 | 0.07 | 0.6 | 1.05 | 0.67 | 0.08 | 3.31 | 0.36 | 1.48 | ... |
* These are the corrected figures.