London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Croydon 1937

[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.
Upper Norwood1685818620511.012.2700.240.411.360.530.063.920.061.8420-19
Norbury160991081396.78.646-0.120.680.500.122.860.371.8029-31
West Thornton1953723120912.310.7870.150.151.790.67-2.820.201.534222
Bensham Manor1672322617213.510.3350.060.120.660.840.063.590.181.675054
Thornton Heath1798327919615.510.9860.170.441.170.500.174.280.171.005183
South Norwood1749029922217.112.750-0.171.370.400.064.400.571.942977
Woodside1611620717912.811.1390.060.061.120.74-3.990.252.1737-28
East1614018517511.510.8270.310.060.500.190.124.030.492.1110-10
Addiscombe1628222620413.912.5660.370.061.290.49-4.850.251.844922
Whitehorse Manor1693128123316.613.8890.180.351.240.890.124.780.471.656348
Broad Green1740829122416.712.9690.400.292.070.69-3.560.231.786967
Central1239315916812.813.6380.080.320.970.800.085.240.241.9433-9
Waddon1817327617215.29.5250.170. 171.050.550.112.640.111.3222104
South1518717322111.414.6581.440.071.780.46-4.280.262.4413-48
Addington89801366215.16.9590.44-0.330.33-1.780.330.78174
The Borough2423003263*2800*13.511.6600.260.191.200.580.063.820.281.7319463

These are the corrected figures.