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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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WARD STATISTICS
| Estimated Population | Births (live) | *Birth Bate | Deaths | *Death Bate | Deaths under i year | Deaths under i year per 1,000 births | Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 8Death Bate from Diarrhoea (under 2. farm) | Deaths from Bronchitis and Pneumonia | *Deaths Bate from Bronchitis and Pneumoniae | Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis | *Death Bate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Deaths from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | *Death Bate from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Deaths from Heart and Circu latory Diseases | *Death Bate from Heart and Clrculatory Diseases | Deaths from Cancer | *Deaths Bate from Cancer | Natural Increase of Births over Deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Norwood | 18621 | 345 | 18. 5 | 196 | 10. 5 | 6 | 15 | - | - | 17 | 0.9 | - | - | - | - | 68 | 3.6 | 52 | 2.8 | 149 |
| Norbury | 16146 | 330 | 20.0 | 136 | 10.3 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 15 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.06 | - | - | 69 | 4.5 | 30 | 1.9 | 164 |
| Vest Thornton | 16243 | 266 | 17.4 | 176 | 11.6 | 3 | 11 | - | - | 18 | 1. 1 | - | - | - | - | 46 | 3.0 | 57 | 3.8 | 90 |
| Benshas Manor | 16827 | 266 | 16.8 | 185 | 11.7 | 4 | 15 | - | - | 20 | 1.3 | - | - | - | - | 61 | 5. 1 | 45 | 2.8 | 81 |
| Thornton Heath | 15302 | 300 | 19.6 | 163 | 10.7 | 7 | 23 | - | - | 19 | 1. 2 | - | - | - | - | 47 | 3. 1 | 39 | 2. 5 | 137 |
| South Norwood | 16388 | 482 | 29.4 | 198 | 12. 1 | 9 | 19 | - | - | 30 | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | 60 | 3.7 | 52 | 3. 2 | 284 |
| Woodside | 14103 | 297 | 21. 1 | 159 | 11.3 | 7 | 23 | - | - | 25 | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | 45 | 3. 2 | 33 | 2.3 | 138 |
| Bast | 18239 | 206 | 11. 3 | 187 | 10.3 | 4 | 19 | - | - | 12 | 0.7 | 1 | 0. 06 | - | 0. 06 | 77 | 4.2 | 32 | 1.8 | 19 |
| Shirley | 13592 | 204 | 15.0 | 147 | 10.8 | 2 | 10 | - | - | 11 | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | 57 | 4. 2 | 37 | 2.7 | 57 |
| Addlsconbe | 16302 | 316 | 20.6 | 212 | 13.9 | 4 | 13 | - | - | 28 | 1.8 | 1 | 0. 07 | - | - | 68 | 5.8 | 49 | 3. 2 | 103 |
| Vhitehorse Manor | 13202 | 282 | 21.4 | 145 | 11.0 | 4 | 14 | - | - | 20 | 1. 5 | 1 | 0.08 | - | - | 51 | 3.9 | 34 | 2.6 | 137 |
| Broad Green | 13395 | 263 | 19.6 | 148 | 11.0 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 25 | 1.9 | 3 | 0. 22 | - | - | 55 | 4. 1 | 33 | 2.5 | 115 |
| Central | 9118 | 192 | 21. 1 | 121 | 13. 3 | 3 | 16 | - | - | 12 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 11 | - | - | 44 | 4.8 | 31 | 3.4 | 71 |
| Vaddon | 15403 | 278 | 18. 5 | 18 5 | 12.0 | 5 | 18 | - | - | 23 | 1.5 | 1 | 0. 07 | - | - | 60 | 3.9 | 41 | 2.7 | 93 |
| South | 16473 | 256 | 15. 5 | 263 | 15.9 | 4 | 16 | - | - | 30 | 1.8 | 1 | 0.06 | - | - | 85 | 5. 2 | 29 | 1.8 | - 7 |
| Addlngton | 27076 | 442 | 16. 3 | 123 | 4. 5 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 0. 02 | 8 | 1.03 | - | - | - | - | 25 | 0.9 | 47 | 1.7 | 319 |
| The Borough | 253.430 | 4.724 | 18.4 | 2. 871 | 11.3 | 72 | 15. 2 | 2 | 0. 01 | 325 | 1.3 | 10 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.01 | 961 | 3.8 | 661 | 2.6 | 1.853 |
*Death Rate per 1,000 population and excluding those who died in Queen's Hospital