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Number Percentage
In Private Houses 1,301 30.51
In Public Institutions 2,654 62.24
In Registered Maternity Homes 309 7.25
4,264
Still Births
During 1958, 76 still births were registered in respect of
Croydon. Of these, 31 were male babies and 45 females; 3 females
were illegitimate. The proportion of still births to living
children was 1 in 51. The still birth rate was 2. 0 per cent, of
the total births. The still birth rate, on the same basis as
for Infant Mortality, was 19.7 per 1,000 births.
Deaths
The deaths numbered 2,995, compared with 2,952 in 1957. For
1958 the crude death-rate was 12.0 compared with 11.8 in 1957.
The death-rate for England and Wales was 11.7.
There were 84 inquests held by Coroners in respect of
Croydon residents during 1958 and 474 findings by Cftroners after
post-mortem without inquest.
Wards with the highest death-rate were South (17.0), and
Addiscombe (13.3) Lowest: Addington (4.2), Shirley (8.6) and
West Thornton (10).
The Registrar General's Table is given in the appendix,
page 104. Comparisons with 1957 show there were again no deaths
from Whooping Cough and none from Measles (2 in 1957). There
were again no deaths in the Typhoid group and none from Diphtheria.
The deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis numbered 19 (1957
29); those from Cancer decreased by 29; those from Pneumonia increased
by 32 and a decrease of 2 was recorded in those caused
by Bronchitis. There were 22 deaths from Influenza (1957 - 33).
30 Deaths from suicide showing a decrease of 2 and motor
vehicle accidents totalled 31 (18 in 1957).