London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Wards with the highest death-rates were Central (16.3), South (15.0), Whitehorse Manor (14.5), and Bensham Manor (14.1). Lowest: West Thornton (9.0), Addington (9.5), and Waddon (9.6).
| 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 Disease. | Death Rate from Cancer. | Natural Increase or Decrease of Population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Norwood | 13262 | 134 | 174 | 10.1 | 13.1 | 75 | - | - | 1.58 | 0.53 | 0.08 | 3.84 | 0.45 | 3.16 | - 40 |
| Norbury | 13327 | 128 | 166 | 9.6 | 12.5 | 39 | - | - | 1.28 | 0.53 | 0.08 | 4.50 | 0.68 | 2.78 | - 38 |
| West Thornton | 16259 | 201 | 146 | 12.4 | 9.0 | 55 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.98 | 0.37 | 0.06 | 3.69 | 0.18 | 1.23 | + 55 |
| Bensham Manor | 13280 | 186 | 187 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 16 | - | - | 1.96 | 0.33 | 0.15 | 6.25 | 0.53 | 2.41 | - 1 |
| Thornton Heath | 14966 | 284 | 164 | 19.0 | 11.0 | 46 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 1.60 | 0.27 | 0.13 | 4.28 | 0.40 | 1.74 | + 120 |
| South Norwood | 14627 | 298 | 183 | 20.4 | 12.5 | 17 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 1.37 | 0.27 | - | 4.38 | 0.62 | 2.32 | + 115 |
| Woodside | 13330 | 162 | 148 | 12.2 | 11.1 | 68 | 0.23 | - | 0.68 | 0.38 | 0.08 | 4.80 | 0.38 | 2.03 | + 14 |
| East | 13369 | 190 | 165 | 14.2 | 12.3 | 32 | 0.15 | 0.07 | 0.90 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 5.16 | 0.37 | 2.92 | + 25 |
| Addiscombe | 13523 | 219 | 185 | 16.2 | 13.7 | 55 | - | 0.07 | 1.48 | 0.22 | - | 5.47 | 0.59 | 2.51 | + 34 |
| Whitehorse Manor | 13870 | 224 | 201 | 16.2 | 14.5 | 45 | - | - | 1.59 | 0.36 | 0.14 | 5.91 | 0.22 | 3.53 | + 23 |
| Broad Green | 14277 | 202 | 184 | 14.1 | 12.9 | 84 | - | 0.14 | 1.75 | 0.56 | - | 4.90 | 0.42 | 2.10 | + 18 |
| Central | 10126 | 137 | 165 | 13.5 | 16.3 | 95 | - | - | 2.57 | 0.40 | - | 6.81 | 0.40 | 3.16 | - 28 |
| Waddon | 15170 | 295 | 146 | 19.4 | 9.6 | 34 | 0.07 | - | 1.19 | 0.66 | 0.07 | 3.49 | 0.40 | 1.19 | + 149 |
| South | 12520 | 199 | 188 | 15.9 | 15.0 | 55 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 1.68 | 0.32 | - | 6.71 | 0.48 | 2.24 | + 11 |
| Addington | 8854 | 230 | 84 | 26.0 | 9.5 | 30 | - | - | 0.79 | 0.34 | 0.11 | 3.39 | 0.34 | 2.48 | + 146 |
| The Borough | 200780 | *3575 | *2513 | 17.8 | 12.5 | 41 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 1.42 | 0.37 | 0.07 | 4.90 | 0.43 | 2.34 | +603 |
* These are the corrected totals. The totals of births in each Ward do not include inward transfers.