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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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 | 16,794 | 173 | 165 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 35 | 0.06 | 0.87 | 0.31 | 0.06 | 3.18 | 0.37 | 1.93 | 20 | 8 | |
Norbury | 16,173 | 122 | 140 | 7.5 | 9.1 | 25 | - | 0.65 | 0.58 | - | 2.79 | 0.84 | 1.23 | 29 | 18 | |
West Thornton | 19,612 | 232 | 158 | 11,8 | 8.4 | 52 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.74 | 0.37 | 0.05 | 2.70 | 0.53 | 1.27 | 42 | 74 |
Bensham Manor | 16,797 | 233 | 205 | 13.9 | 12.8 | 39 | 0.17 | 0.29 | 1.06 | 0.50 | - - | 3i86 | 0.56 | 1.68 | 50 | 38 |
Thornton Heath | 18,058 | 318 | 197 | 17.6 | 11.4 | 38 | 0.17 | 0.06 | 1.21 | 0.40 | 0.06 | 3.23 | 0.40 | 1.73 | 51 | 121 |
South Norwood | 17,565 | 243 | 207 | 13.8 | 12.3 | 37 | 0.06 | 2.26 | 0.30 | 0.06 | 3.39 | 0.30 | 2.20 | 29 | 36 | |
Woodside | 16,190 | 219 | 176 | 13.5 | 11.4 | 37 | 0.13 | 0.19 | 0.84 | 0.45 | 0.06 | 3.75 | 0.65 | 2.01 | 37 | 43 |
East | 16,226 | 178 | 151 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 34 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.78 | 0.45 | - | 3.16 | 0.12 | 1.61 | 10 | 27 |
Addiscambe | 16,368 | 242 | 180 | 14.8 | 11.5 | 33 | 0.13 | 1.28 | 0.32 | 0.06 | 3.46 | 0.45 | 2.30 | 49 | 62 | |
Whitehorse Manor | 16,866 | 286 | 200 | 17.0 | 12.4 | 63 | 0.19 | 0.25 | 1.55 | 0.80 | 0.06 | 3.16 | 0.43 | 1.55 | 63 | 86 |
Broad Green | 17,242 | 241 | 182 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 25 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 1.21 | 0.67 | 3.21 | 0.73 | 1.94 | 69 | 59 | |
Central | 12,467 | 170 | 172 | 13.6 | 14.7 | 29 | 1.36 | 0.08 | O.08 | 4.09 | 0.68 | 2.81 | 33 | 2 | ||
Waddon | 18,248 | 184 | 164 | 15.6 | 9.4 | 39 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 1.14 | 0.34 | 0.18 | 2.63 | 0.46 | i;i4 | 22 | 120 |
South | 15,261 | 189 | 180 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 27 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 1.24 | 0.14 | " - | 4.34 | 0.34 | 2.20 | 13 | 9 |
Addington | 10,033 | 274 | 66 | 27.3 | 7.1 | 36 | 0.22 | 0.43 | 0.32 | 0.11 | 1.94 | 0.22 | 1.18 | 1 | 208 | |
The Borough | 243,900 | 3,404 | 2,557 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 38 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 1.13 | 0.41 | (5.05 | 3.27 | 0.48 | 1.78 | 19 | 861 |
These are the corrected totals. |