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Croydon 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table VII. shows the incidence rate and death rate of all forms
of Tuberculosis for the various wards of the Borough, based on
ward populations calculated from the total population of 242,100.
The death rate for the whole Borough was 0.71.

Table: Table VII.

Table VII.

Ward.Pensity of Population persons per acre.Pulmon aryNon-PulmonaryTotalIncidence Rate per 1000Death Rate per 1000
Upper Norwood20216271.20.41
Norbury29245291.70.49
West Thornton42188261.30.59
Bensham Minor50202221.40.68
Thornton Heath51166221.40.95
South Norwood29229311.71.12
Woodside37205251.60.76
East10243271.50.27
Addiscombe49162181.20.82
Whitehorse Manor63173201.20.59
Broad Green69213241.51.13
Central3393121.00.81
Waddon22243271.21.13
South13124161.10.13
Addington13141.40.34
No fixed abode...213......
269643331.380.71

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The Wards showing the highest incidence of new patients in
1935 were: Norbury and South Norwood (1.7).
The highest death-rates were in Broad Green (1.16), Waddon
(1.13), and South Norwood (1.12). With the relatively small
figures available, these rates are subject to wide annual variations.