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 1.
WARDS. | Estimitod Population | Births. | Deaths. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate. | Deaths under 1 year per 1 000 Births. | Death Rate from Six Zymotic Diseases (excluding Diarrhoea) | Death Rate Irom Diarrhoca. | 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. | Natural Increase or Decrease of Population. |
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Upper Norwood | 22152 | 171 | 176 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 53 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.86 | 0.54 | 0.05 | 3.02 | 0.23 | 1.22 | 20 | —5 |
Norbury | 15713 | 103 | 155 | 6.6 | 9.9 | 19 | 0.19 | — | 0.64 | 0.57 | 0.06 | 3.44 | 0.57 | 1.78 | 29 | -52 |
West Thornton | 19822 | 208 | 194 | 10.5 | 9.8 | 58 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 1.26 | 0.55 | 0.10 | 3.23 | 0.35 | 1.41 | 42 | 14 |
Bensham Manor | 15813 | 196 | 176 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 20 | 0.19 | — | 1.01 | 0.38 | — | 5.19 | 0.32 | 1.77 | 50 | 20 |
Thornton Heath | 15330 | 258 | 186 | 16 8 | 12.1 | 62 | 0.39 | 0.20 | 1.44 | 0.65 | — | 4.05 | 0.26 | 1.89 | 51 | 72 |
South Norwood | 17450 | 321 | 254 | 18.4 | 14.6 | 47 | 0.51 | 0.17 | 1.78 | 0.52 | 0.29 | 5 47 | 0.46 | 2.18 | 29 | 67 |
Woodside | 15370 | 148 | 153 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 68 | 0.20 | 0.66 | 1.30 | 0.78 | — | 3.77 | 0.33 | 1.43 | 37 | —5 |
East | 17772 | 174 | 192 | 9.8 | 10.8 | 40 | 0.06 | 0.23 | 0.73 | 0.73 | — | 3.49 | 0.56 | 2.25 | 10 | —18 |
Addiscombe | 14163 | 181 | 172 | 12.8 | 12.1 | 44 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 1.69 | 0.42 | 0.07 | 3.88 | 0.84 | 2.19 | 49 | 9 |
Whitehorse Manor | 16479 | 260 | 175 | 15.8 | 10.6 | 62 | 0.49 | 0.24 | 0.97 | 0.85 | 0 0 | 3.09 | 0.06 | 2.06 | 63 | 85 |
Broad Green | 15084 | 225 | 172 | 14.9 | 11.4 | 40 | 0.33 | 0.20 | 1.33 | 0.26 | 0.20 | 4.84 | 0.40 | 1.33 | 69 | 53 |
Central | 11894 | 100 | 144 | 8.4 | 12.1 | 60 | 0.08 | 0.25 | 1.35 | 0.25 | — | 5.21 | 0.67 | 1.68 | 33 | -44 |
Waddon | 21609 | 421 | 236 | 19.5 | 10.9 | 26 | 0.42 | 0.09 | 0.93 | 0.56 | 0.09 | 4.26 | 0.32 | 1.76 | 23 | 185 |
South | 14611 | 146 | 163 | 10 0 | 11.2 | 55 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.89 | 0.34 | — | 4.24 | 0.48 | 2.40 | 13 | -17 |
Addington | 8477 | 93 | 26 | 11.0 | 3.1 | 11 | 0.12 | — | 0.59 | 0.24 | — | 1.06 | 0.12 | 0.35 | 1 | 67 |
The Borough | 241739 | 3248* | 2590* | 13.4 | 10.7 | 41 | 0.24 | 0.13 | 1.11 | — | — | 4.01 | 0 39 | 1.78 | 19 | 658 |
* These are the corrected figures.