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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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WARD STATISTICS
| Estimated Population | Births | *Birth flats | Deaths | *Death Rate | Death under 1 ye err | Deaths under I year per 1.000 Births | Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 year) | *Death Rate from Diarrhoea (under 2 year) | Deaths from Bronchitis and Pneumonia | Death Bate from Bronchitis and Pneumonia | Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis | *Death Rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Deaths from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Death Rate from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Deaths from Heart and Circulatory Diseases | *Death Rate from Heart and Circulatory Diseases | Deaths from Cancer | Death Bate from Cancer | Natural Increase of births over deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Norwood | 18589 | 300 | 16.1 | 237 | 12.7 | 4 | 13 | - | - | 24 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.05 | - | - | 129 | 6.9 | 40 | +63 | |
| Norbury | 16168 | 198 | 12.2 | 221 | 13.7 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0.06 | 19 | 1.2 | - | - | 1 | 0.06 | 121 | 7.5 | 55 | 3.4 | -23 |
| Vest Thornton | 15262 | 258 | 16.9 | 169 | 11.1 | 3 | 12 | - | - | 23 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.07 | - | - | 85 | 5.6 | 42 | 2.7 | +89 |
| Bensham Manor | 15849 | 264 | 16.7 | 193 | 12.2 | 7 | 27 | - | - | 32 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.06 | - | - | 89 | 5.6 | 37 | 2.3 | +71 |
| Thornton Heath | 15325 | 261 | 17.0 | 181 | 11.8 | 7 | 27 | - | - | 25 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.07 | - | - | 81 | 5.3 | 44 | 2.9 | +80 |
| South Norwood | 16409 | 354 | 21.6 | 186 | 11.3 | 6 | 17 | - | - | 18 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.06 | - | - | 93 | 5.7 | 45 | 2.7 | +168 |
| Woodslde | 14130 | 287 | 20.3 | 184 | 13.0 | 3 | 10 | - | - | 24 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.07 | - | - | 97 | 6.9 | 31 | 2.2 | +103 |
| Eas t | 18259 | 199 | 10.9 | 198 | 10.8 | 2 | 10 | - | - | 17 | 0.9 | 2 | 0. 11 | - | - | 103 | 5.6 | 43 | 2.4 | +1 |
| Shirley | 13618 | 189 | 13.9 | 114 | 8.4 | 4 | 21 | - | - | 8 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | 67 | 4.9 | 26 | 1.9 | +76 |
| Addlscoobe | 15326 | 321 | 20.9 | 220 | 14.4 | 4 | 12 | - | - | 22 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.07 | - | - | 107 | 7.0 | 49 | 3.2 | +101 |
| Whltehorse Manor | 13230 | 342 | 25.9 | 191 | 14.4 | 10 | 29 | - | - | 24 | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | 82 | 6. 2 | 35 | 2.6 | +151 |
| Broad Green | 13424 | 255 | 19.0 | 156 | 11.6 | 4 | 16 | - | - | 30 | 2.2 | 2 | 0.15 | - | - | 62 | 4.6 | 32 | 2.4 | +69 |
| Central | 9154 | 186 | 20.3 | 146 | 15.9 | 1 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 2.2 | - | - | - | - | 75 | 8.2 | 24 | 2.6 | +40 |
| Waddon | 15421 | 231 | 15.0 | 176 | 11.4 | 4 | 17 | - | - | 21 | 1.4 | - | - | - | 0.07 | 94 | 6.1 | 38 | 2.5 | +56 |
| South | 16495 | 241 | 14.6 | 308 | 18.7 | 6 | 25 | - | - | 41 | 2.5 | - | - | - | - | 16 2 | 9.8 | 54 | 3.3 | -67 |
| Addington | 27031 | 554 | 30.5 | 100 | 3.7 | 7 | 13 | - | - | 10 | 0. 4 | 1 | 0.04 | - | - | 44 | 1.6 | 22 | 0.8 | +454 |
| The Borough | 253690 | 4,440 | 17. 5 | 3,179 | 12.5 | 75 | 17 | 1 | 0.00 | 413 | 1.6 | 12 | 0.05 | 2 | 0.01 | 1,615 | 6.4 | 628 | 2.5 | +1460 |
| "Death Rate per 1,000 population and excluding those who died in Queen's Hospital | ||||||||||||||||||||