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I.
COUNTY BOROUGH OF CROYDON.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
AND
SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER
For the Year 1945.
OSCAR M. HOLDEN, G.M., M.D., D.P.H.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Public Health Committee.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour herewith to present ray Eighteenth Annual
Report upon the Health Services carried out by the Council. This
report is the 46th of the series of such reports.
The population of the town, as estimated by the RegistrarGeneral,
is 200,780.
During the year 4,536 persons were married, a marriage rate
of 11.3 per 1,000 of the population.
The Birth-rate for the year was 17.8 per 1,000, a decrease of
1.0 per 1,000 over 1944. There were 3,575 live births, of whom
1,849 were males and 1,726 females. Of these approximately 4.6
per cent. were born in hospital. There were 387 illegitimate
births, a percentage of 10.8 total live births.
The still-births registered during the year were 100 as compared
with 97 in 1944.
The Infantile mortality was 41 per 1,000 live births, a
decrease of 3 per 1,000 upon 1944. There were 9 maternal deaths,
giving a maternal mortality of 2.4 per 1,000 total live and still
births. The number of deaths under 1 year of illegitimate
children was 18.
Full statistics are given of the work done at Mayday Hospital
which show that its activities have continued to expand and that
it had assumed the definite status of a large general hospital.