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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Selhurst Granmar | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 66 | 61 | 34 | 30 | 191 | 77 | 68 | 19 | 231 | 29 | 26 | 7 | 91 | - | 6 | - | 1 | 55 | - | 12 | 4 | 108 | - | 10 | 584 | 330 | 134 | 78 |
| Shirley | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 4 | 1 | - | 35 | 1 | 1 | - | 74 | 50 | 8 | 13 |
| South Croydon S.M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 48 | - | 8 | - | 52 | - | 11 | - | 8 | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 112 | - | 21 | |
| South Norwood | 38 | 46 | 34 | 39 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 28 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 108 | 72 | 68 | 58 | |
| Spring Park | 19 | 37 | 19 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 39 | 22 | 33 |
| Stanley Tech. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 47 | - | 11 | - | 18 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | 27 | - | 1 | - | 105 | - | 15 | - | |
| Sydenham | 15 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | - | 3 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 6 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 67 | 50 | 41 | 36 | |
| Tavistock | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | - | 18 | 22 | 91 | 12 | 44 | 1 | 37 | - | 15 | - | 49 | - | 13 | 1 | 63 | - | 14 | - | 1 | - | - | 21 | 284 | 12 | 104 |
| Trinity | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 58 | - | 2 | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 89 | - | 2 | - |
| Waddon | 18 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 22 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | 50 | 28 | 45 |
| West Thornton | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
| Westwood | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | . - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 91 | - | 21 | - | 30 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 61 | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 186 | 48 | |
| Whitehorse Manor | 44 | 56 | 38 | 44 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 19 | - | 47 | - | 36 | 37 | 15 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 117 | 156 | 89 | 117 |
| Winterbourne | 41 | 41 | 41 | 38 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 52 | 35 | 44 | 76 | 55 | 63 | 35 | 28 | 3 | 21 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 197 | 164 | 16! | 127 |
| Wolsey | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | - | 20 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 33 | 36 | 19 | 30 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 53 | 77 | 31 | 66 |
| Woodside | 47 | 46 | 44 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | - | 3 | - | 62 | 52 | 47 | 39 | 48 | 40 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 181 | 151 | 144 | 123 |
| 877 | 977 | 763 | 846 | 485 | 512 | 114 | 432 | 190 | 220 | 149 | 170 | 430 | 463 | 317 | 342 | 577 | 608 | 379 | 419 | 290 | 300 | 140 | 217 | 523 | 484 | 172 | 226 | 1075 | 906 | 316 | 305 | 675 | 487 | 93 | 150 | 620 | 180 | 37 | 72 | 485 | 575 | 14 | 87 | 311 | 242 | 11 | 19 | 6538 | 6254 | 2805 | 2385 | |
| 1854 | 1609 | 997 | 846 | 410 | 319 | 893 | 659 | 1185 | 796 | 590 | 357 | 1007 | 398 | 1981 | 621 | 1162 | 243 | 1100 | 109 | 1060 | 101 | 553 | 30 | 12792 | 6090 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PERCENTAGE OF PARENTS PRESENT
| Age 5 years and under | Boys | 87.0 | 86.8 | Boys | 42.9 | All Groups 47.6 |
| Girls | 86.6 | |||||
| 6 years | Boys | 85.4 | 85.0 | |||
| Girls | 84.4 | |||||
| 7 years | Boys | 78.4 | 77.8 | |||
| Girls | 77.3 | |||||
| 8 years | Boys | 73.7 | 73.8 | |||
| Girls | 73.9 | |||||
| 9 years | Boys | 65.7 | 67.3 | |||
| Girls | 68.9 | |||||
| 10 years | Boys | 48.3 | 60.5 | |||
| Girls | 72.3 | |||||
| 11 years | Boys | 32.9 | 39.5 | Girls | 52.5 | |
| Girls | 46.7 | |||||
| 12 years | Boys | 29.4 | 31.3 | |||
| Girls | 33.7 | |||||
| 13 years | Boys | 13.8 | 20.9 | |||
| Girls | 30.8 | |||||
| 14 years | Boys | 6.0 | 9.9 | |||
| Girls | 15.0 | |||||
| 15 years | Boys | 2.9 | 9.5 | |||
| Girls | 15.1 | |||||
| 16 years and over | Boys | 3.5 | 5.4 | |||
| Girls | 7.9 |