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 Cancer. | Natural Increase or Decrease of Population. |
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Upper Norwood | 17506 | 235 | 212 | 13.4 | 12.1 | 43 | - | 0.06 | 1.49 | 0.34 | 0.06 | 6.00 | 2.17 | + 23 |
Norbury | 16371 | 151 | 168 | 9.2 | 10.3 | 7 | - | - | 0.98 | 0.24 | 0.12 | 5.07 | 2.14 | — 17 |
West Thornton | 19545 | 237 | 167 | 12.1 | 8.5 | 17 | 0.05 | - | 0.97 | 0.20 | 0.05 | 4.40 | 1.64 | + 70 |
Bensham Manor | 16360 | 246 | 205 | 15.0 | 12.5 | 24 | - | - | 1.16 | 0.12 | - | 6.97 | 2.38 | + 41 |
Thornton Heath | 18399 | 256 | 167 | 13.9 | 9.1 | 16 | - | - | 0.49 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 5.00 | 1.96 | + 89 |
South Norwood | 17507 | 288 | 187 | 16.5 | 10.7 | 45 | - | 0.12 | 1.26 | 0.29 | - | 5.26 | 1.66 | + 101 |
Woodside | 16459 | 234 | 192 | 14.2 | 11.7 | 21 | - | - | 1.34 | 0.24 | 0.06 | 5.71 | 2.31 | + 42 |
East | 17004 | 251 | 214 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 32 | - | 0.06 | 1.18 | 0.24 | - | 6.53 | 2.00 | + 37 |
Addiscombe | 16362 | 267 | 206 | 16.3 | 12.7 | 19 | 0.06 | - | 1.04 | 0.49 | - | 7.21 | 2.14 | + 61 |
Whitehorse Manor | 16562 | 257 | 178 | 15.5 | 10.7 | 23 | - | - | 0.85 | 0.18 | - | 5.43 | 2.42 | + 79 |
Broad Green | 17439 | 267 | 160 | 15.3 | 9.2 | 30 | - | 0.06 | 1.43 | 0.23 | - | 3.84 | 1.80 | + 107 |
Central | 12358 | 211 | 143 | 17.1 | 11.6 | 28 | 0.08 | - | 0.65 | 0.16 | - | 6.47 | 1.29 | + 68 |
Waddon | 18155 | 214 | 168 | 11.7 | 9.3 | 33 | - | - | 1.43 | 0.28 | - | 4.30 | 1.76 | + 46 |
South | 15357 | 215 | 230 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 23 | - | 0.07 | 1.56 | 0.26 | - | 7.29 | 2.67 | — 15 |
Addington | 16196 | 381 | 125 | 23.5 | 7.7 | 21 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.56 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 3.52 | 1.54 | +256 |
The Borough | 251600 | *3710 | *2724 | 14.7 | 10.8 | 26 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 1.10 | 0.24 | 0.03 | 5.49 | 1.99 | +988 |
*These are the corrected totals.