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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| Dwellings, Rooms and Families. | Persons per room. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooms | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6-8 9 or more | |||
| 1 Private Family | 89 | 426 | 1939 | 8380 | 16565 | 6647 | 2158 | Upper Norwood | 0.70 |
| 2 Private Families | 5 | 25 | 420 | 1726 | 3453 | 439 | |||
| 3 or more | 2 | 33 | 75 | 477 | 474 | Norbury | 0.68 0.77 | ||
| No. of persons in family. | West Thornton | ||||||||
| Bensham Manor | 0.73 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1253 | 805 | 574 | 400 | 379 | 290 | 56 | Thornton Heath | 0.82 |
| 2 | 388 | 1746 | 2611 | 2472 | 3424 | 2893 | 406 | South Norwood | 0.72 |
| 3 | 148 | 1198 | 2059 | 2851 | 4617 | 4208 | 778 | Woodside | 0.79 |
| 4 | 61 | 511 | 1174 | 2340 | 4026 | 3733 | 861 | East | 0.61 |
| 5 | 24 | 215 | 533 | 1417 | 2484 | 2206 | 675 | Addiscombe | 0.74 |
| 6 | 4 | 81 | 249 | 804 | 1343 | 1075 | 443 | Whitehorse Manor | 0.93 |
| 7 | 3 | 38 | 137 | 461 | 629 | 579 | 306 | Broad Green | 0.86 |
| 8 | — | 22 | 51 | 246 | 317 | 234 | 155 | Central | 0.78 |
| 9 | 1 | 11 | 33 | 115 | 142 | 117 | 81 | Waddon | 0.87 |
| 10 | — | 1 | 6 | 60 | 79 | 58 | 35 | South | 0.66 |
| 11 | — | 1 | 4 | 26 | 33 | 16 | 12 | Addington | 0.68 |
| 12 | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 10 | Borough | 0.75 |
| 13 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 14 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | I | ||
| 15 and over | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6 | ||
| 1882 | 4630 | 7434 | 11203 | 17492 | 15423 | 3831 | |||
| 3.0 | 7.5 | 12.0 | 18.1 | 28.3 | 24.9 | 6.2 | 1931. | ||
| 3.8 | 7.2 | 9.2 | 18.8 | 27.2 | 23.7 | 10.1 | 1921. | ||
Water.
The water supply is drawn from deep wells in the chalk.
These wells are situated at Surrey Street, Stroud Green, Waddon,
Selhurst, and Addington. A portion of the northern side of the
Borough obtains water supplies from the Metropolitan Water
Board.