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 I.
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 | 16761 | 180 | 165 | 10.7 | 9.8 | 50 | 0.18 | 0.06 | 1.01 | 0.30 | 0.06 | 3.16 | 0.30 | 1.73 | 20 | 15 |
Norbury | 16140 | 150 | 135 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 15 | - | 0.12 | 0.81 | 0.50 | — | 2.97 | 0.43 | 1.55 | 29 | 15 |
West Thornton | 19578 | 268 | 170 | 13.7 | 8.7 | 36 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.61 | 0.36 | 0.15 | 3.37 | 0.25 | 1.23 | 42 | 98 |
Bensham Manor | 16764 | 217 | 181 | 12.9 | 10.8 | 36 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.96 | 0.66 | — | 3.82 | 0.42 | 2.32 | 50 | 36 |
Thornton Heath | 18024 | 256 | 178 | 14.2 | 9.1 | 64 | 0.44 | 0.11 | 0.94 | 0.67 | 0.1 | 3.61 | 0.33 | 1.39 | 51 | 78 |
South Norwood | 17531 | 319 | 183 | 18.2 | 10.4 | 20 | 0.29 | 0.18 | 0.91 | 0.46 | — | 4.28 | 0.29 | 1.88 | 29 | 136 |
Woodside | 16157 | 184 | 164 | 11.4 | 10.2 | 49 | 0.25 | 0.19 | 1.17 | 0.50 | 0.12 | 4.14 | 0.56 | 1.24 | 37 | 20 |
East | 16193 | 229 | 149 | 14.1 | 9.2 | 38 | 0.19 | 0.06 | 0.68 | 0.25 | — | 4.45 | 0.62 | 1.11 | 10 | 80 |
Addiscombe | 16335 | 220 | 160 | 13.5 | 9.8 | 45 | 0.61 | 0.43 | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.12 | 4.16 | 0.43 | 1.84 | 49 | 60 |
Whitehorse Manor | 16833 | 281 | 212 | 16.7 | 12.6 | 50 | 0.53 | 0.06 | 2.02 | 0.89 | 0.12 | 3.92 | 0.42 | 1.78 | 63 | 69 |
Broad Green | 17208 | 251 | 189 | 14.6 | 11.0 | 3.5 | 0.12 | 0.29 | 1.10 | 0.29 | 0.12 | 4.36 | 0.52 | 1.40 | 69 | 62 |
Central | 12434 | 176 | 164 | 14.2 | 13.2 | 26 | 0.24 | 0.08 | 1.29 | 0.64 | 0.16 | 4.83 | 0.72 | 1.85 | 33 | 12 |
Waddon | 18214 | 273 | 161 | 15.0 | 8.8 | 59 | 0.49 | 0.16 | 1.15 | 0.44 | 0.05 | 2.91 | 0.27 | 1.15 | 22 | 112 |
South | 15228 | 191 | 212 | 12.6 | 13.9 | 53 | 0.39 | 0.07 | 1.71 | 0.72 | — | 4.66 | 0.59 | 2.10 | 13 | —21 |
Addington | 10000 | 200 | 56 | 20.0 | 5.6 | 78 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.40 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 1.90 | 0.20 | 0.70 | 1 | 144 |
The Borough | 243400 | 3335* | 2496* | 13.7 | 10.3 | 40 | 0.29 | 0.12 | 1.03 | 0.49 | 0.07 | 3.80 | 0.42 | 1.56 | 19 | 839 |
*These are the corrected, totals.