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Croydon 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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All the Clinics have continued throughout the year, and the Tonsils and Adenoids Clinic at the Croydon General Hospital, which wan discontinued on the outbreak of war, reopened in November 1939: It Was closed again in August 1940.

WARDSEstimated PopulationBirthsDeathsBirth RateDeath RateDeaths under 1 year per 1,000 births.Death Rate from six Zymotic Diseases (excluding Diarrhoea)Death Rate from DiarrhoeaDeath Rate from Bronchitis and PneumoniaDeath Rate from Pulmonary TuberclosisDeath Rate from Non-Pulmonary TuberculosisDeath Rate from Heart and Circulation DiseasesDeath Rate from Nervous DiseasesDeath Rate from CancerNatural increase or decrease of population.
Upper Norwood1-3,69713923110.116.950-0.151.460.730.224.890.221.75-92
NorburyI3,25776l685.712.753--1.280.45-3.020.532.1192
West Thornton15,96819420412.212.846--l.440.380.133.690.692.57-10
Bensham Manor13,65918723813.717.448-0.292.430.44-6.570.512.34- 5l
Thornton Heath4,77821622Cl4.614.9420.070.071.690.950.204.470.611.76-4
South Norwood14,46721122314.615-438-0.071.660.280.l44.490.622.63- 12
Woodside13,27417424l13.118.2400.080.082.180.830.085.350.601.81- 67
East13,31015820711.915.613-0.081.200.530.084.880.683.08- 49
Addiseombe13,45220122014.9l6.445--1.780.74-5.20o.742.08- 19
Whitehorse Manor13,76823525117.118.243-0.292.110.650.076.320.872.47- l6
Broad Greenl4, l4419821814.015.4450.070.21l.9l0.850.073.960.992.l9- 20
Central10,279881908.618.5570.10-1.650.780.297.000.782.43-102
Waddon14,96628618819.112.627--0.871.000.074.210.531.47+ 98
South12,52814821611.817.2740.16-2.240.560.245.350.722,55- 68
Addington8,2112229527.011.654-0.121.100.37-2.800.242.07-l27
The Borough199,8003070311815.415.6390.030.091.690.750.114.310.632.22-377