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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table VIII.
| WARD. | Census population 1931. | Person* per acre. | Births. | Birth Rite. | Infant Mortality | Deaths. | Death Rate. | Natural in crease of population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Norwood | 21,724 | 19.5 | 186 | 8.5 | 80 | 221 | 10.2 | -35 |
| Norbury | 15,536 | 28.4 | 155 | 10.0 | 39 | 130 | 8.3 | +25 |
| West Thornton | 19,493 | 41.0 | 256 | 13.1 | 66 | 196 | 10.1 | + 60 |
| Bensham Manor | 15,625 | 48.4 | 221 | 14.1 | 72 | 173 | 11.1 | +48 |
| Thornton Heath | 15,175 | 49.1 | 274 | 18.0 | 66 | 159 | 10.0 | + 115 |
| South Norwood | 17,211 | 28.0 | 334 | 19.4 | 48 | 216 | 12.5 | + 118 |
| Woodside | 15,213 | 35.7 | 190 | 12.5 | 37 | 175 | 11.5 | +15 |
| East | 17,529 | 9.3 | 197 | 11.2 | 30 | 191 | 10.9 | +6 |
| Addiscombe | 14,047 | 47.4 | 190 | 13.5 | 47 | 176 | 12.5 | +14 |
| Whitehorse Manor | 16,276 | 61.2 | 339 | 20.8 | 74 | 228 | 14.0 | + 111 |
| Broad Green | 14,932 | 67.0 | 283 | 18.9 | 46 | 207 | 13.9 | +76 |
| Central | 11,858 | 32.4 | 186 | 15.7 | 91 | 176 | 14.9 | + 10 |
| Waddon | 21,216 | 11.6 | 340 | 16.0 | 53 | 222 | 10.5 | + 118 |
| South | 14,471 | 12.2 | 158 | 10.9 | 63 | 171 | 11.8 | -13 |
| Addington | 2,791 | 0,8 | 39 | 14.0 | 51 | 21 | 7.5 | + 18 |
| 233,115 | 18,5 | 3400* | 14.6 | 58 | 2674 | 11.4 | +726 |
*Corrected figures.
Comments on Table VIII.
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 Central (91), Upper Norwood
(80), Whitehorse Manor (74), and Bensham Manor (72):
lowest in East (30), Woodside (37), and Norbury (39).
Birth-rates were highest in Whitehorse Manor, South Norwood,
Broad Green and Thornton Heath; lowest in Upper Norwood,
Norbury and South.
The general death-rate was highest in Central, Whitehorse
Manor and Broad Green; lowest in Norbury, Thornton Heath,
West Thornton and Upper Norwood.