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. | Estimated 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 from Diarrhoea. | 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 | 16858 | 186 | 205 | 11.0 | 12.2 | 70 | 0.24 | 0.41 | 1.36 | 0.53 | 0.06 | 3.92 | 0.06 | 1.84 | 20 | -19 |
Norbury | 16099 | 108 | 139 | 6.7 | 8.6 | 46 | - | 0.12 | 0.68 | 0.50 | 0.12 | 2.86 | 0.37 | 1.80 | 29 | -31 |
West Thornton | 19537 | 231 | 209 | 12.3 | 10.7 | 87 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 1.79 | 0.67 | - | 2.82 | 0.20 | 1.53 | 42 | 22 |
Bensham Manor | 16723 | 226 | 172 | 13.5 | 10.3 | 35 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.66 | 0.84 | 0.06 | 3.59 | 0.18 | 1.67 | 50 | 54 |
Thornton Heath | 17983 | 279 | 196 | 15.5 | 10.9 | 86 | 0.17 | 0.44 | 1.17 | 0.50 | 0.17 | 4.28 | 0.17 | 1.00 | 51 | 83 |
South Norwood | 17490 | 299 | 222 | 17.1 | 12.7 | 50 | - | 0.17 | 1.37 | 0.40 | 0.06 | 4.40 | 0.57 | 1.94 | 29 | 77 |
Woodside | 16116 | 207 | 179 | 12.8 | 11.1 | 39 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 1.12 | 0.74 | - | 3.99 | 0.25 | 2.17 | 37 | -28 |
East | 16140 | 185 | 175 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 27 | 0.31 | 0.06 | 0.50 | 0.19 | 0.12 | 4.03 | 0.49 | 2.11 | 10 | -10 |
Addiscombe | 16282 | 226 | 204 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 66 | 0.37 | 0.06 | 1.29 | 0.49 | - | 4.85 | 0.25 | 1.84 | 49 | 22 |
Whitehorse Manor | 16931 | 281 | 233 | 16.6 | 13.8 | 89 | 0.18 | 0.35 | 1.24 | 0.89 | 0.12 | 4.78 | 0.47 | 1.65 | 63 | 48 |
Broad Green | 17408 | 291 | 224 | 16.7 | 12.9 | 69 | 0.40 | 0.29 | 2.07 | 0.69 | - | 3.56 | 0.23 | 1.78 | 69 | 67 |
Central | 12393 | 159 | 168 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 38 | 0.08 | 0.32 | 0.97 | 0.80 | 0.08 | 5.24 | 0.24 | 1.94 | 33 | -9 |
Waddon | 18173 | 276 | 172 | 15.2 | 9.5 | 25 | 0.17 | 0. 17 | 1.05 | 0.55 | 0.11 | 2.64 | 0.11 | 1.32 | 22 | 104 |
South | 15187 | 173 | 221 | 11.4 | 14.6 | 58 | 1.44 | 0.07 | 1.78 | 0.46 | - | 4.28 | 0.26 | 2.44 | 13 | -48 |
Addington | 8980 | 136 | 62 | 15.1 | 6.9 | 59 | 0.44 | - | 0.33 | 0.33 | - | 1.78 | 0.33 | 0.78 | 1 | 74 |
The Borough | 242300 | 3263* | 2800* | 13.5 | 11.6 | 60 | 0.26 | 0.19 | 1.20 | 0.58 | 0.06 | 3.82 | 0.28 | 1.73 | 19 | 463 |
These are the corrected figures.