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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table VIII. 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 242,300. The
death rate for the whole Borough was 0.64.
Table VIII.
| Ward. | Density of Population persons per acre. | New Cases | Total | Incidence Rate per 1000 | Death Kate per 1000 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| Upper Norwood | 20 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 1.1 | 0.59 |
| Norbury | 29 | 25 | 7 | 32 | .0 | 0.62 |
| West Thornton | 42 | 26 | 1 | 27 | 1.4 | 0.66 |
| Bensham Manor | 50 | 21 | 5 | 26 | 1.6 | 0.90 |
| Thornton Heath | 51 | 23 | 6 | 29 | 1.6 | 0.67 |
| South Norwood | 29 | 20 | 3 | 23 | 1.3 | 0.46 |
| Woodside | 37 | 20 | 20 | 1.2 | 0.74 | |
| East | 10 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 1.2 | 0.31 |
| Addiscombe | 49 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 0.9 | 0.49 |
| Whitehorse Manor | 63 | 24 | 5 | 29 | 1.7 | 1.04 |
| Broad Green | 69 | 25 | 2 | 27 | 1.6 | 0.69 |
| Central | 33 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 1.8 | 0.89 |
| Waddon | 22 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 1.5 | 0.66 |
| South | 13 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 1.8 | 0.46 |
| Addington | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.6 | 0.35 |
| No fixed abode | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 288 | 50 | 338 | 1.39 | 0.64 | ||
The Wards showing the highest incidence of new patients in
1937 were: Norbury (2.0) and Central and South (1.8).
The highest death-rates were in Whitehorse Manor (1.04),
Bensham Manor (0.90), and Central (0.89). With the relatively
small figures available, these rates are subject to wide annual variations.