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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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WARD STATISTICS
| Estimated Population | Birtha (live) | *Birth Rate | Deaths | *Death Rate | Deaths under 1 year | Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 birtha | Deaths From Diarrhoea funder 2 yeara) | *Death Rate from Diarrhoea (under 2 years.) | Deatha from Bronchitis and Pneusonia | *Death Rate from Bronchitis and Pneusonia | Deatha from Pulmoaary Tuberculosis. | *Death flats from Puiaonary Tuberculosis | Deaths froa Non-Puiaonary Tuberculosis | *Death Rate from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Deaths froa Heart and Circulatory Diseases | *Death Rate from Heart and Circulatory Diseases | Deaths from Cancer | *Death Rate from Cancer | Natural Increase of Birtha over Deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addsicombe. | 15,860 | 330 | 20.8 | aor | 12.7 | 8 | 24 | - | - | 36 | 2.3 | - | - | - | - | 57 | 3.5 | 38 | 2.4 | +129 |
| Bensam Manor | 10,320 | 306 | 18.8 | 196 | 12.0 | 2 | 7 | - | - | 33 | 2.1 | - | - | - | - | 66 | 4.0 | 38 | 2.3 | +110 |
| Broad Green | 15,160 | 331 | 21.8 | 168 | 11. 1 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0.07 | 30 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.07 | - | - | 48 | 3.2 | 39 | 2.6 | +163 |
| Central | 15.450 | 266 | 17.2 | 280 | 18. 2 | 12 | 45 | 1 | 0.06 | 37 | 2.4 | 1 | 0.06 | - | - | 93 | 6.0 | 42 | 2.7 | - 14 |
| Coulsdon East | 15,070 | 281 | 18.5 | 302 | 20.0 | 4 | 14 | - | - | 76 | 5. 0 | - | - | - | - | 89 | 5.9 | 41 | 2.7 | - 21 |
| East | 16,470 | 183 | 11.1 | 183 | 11. 1 | 5 | 27 | - | - | 19 | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | 66 | 4.0 | 34 | 2.1 | Nil |
| New Addington | 21.630 | 425 | 19.7 | 99 | 4.6 | 10 | 24 | - | - | 10 | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 0.5 | 21 | 1.0 | +326 |
| Norbury | 16.580 | 206 | 12.4 | 211 | 12.7 | 1 | 5 | - | - | 23 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | 68 | 4.1 | 43 | 2.6 | - 5 |
| Purley | 18,490 | 197 | 11.9 | 180 | 10.9 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 0. 06 | 9 | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | 35 | 2.1 | 32 | 1.9 | + 17 |
| Sanderstead North | 17,260 | 288 | 16.7 | 197 | 11.4 | 3 | 10 | - | - | 21 | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | 59 | 3.4 | 29 | 1.7 | + 91 |
| Sanderstead It Seladon | 16.180 | 242 | 14.9 | 142 | 8.8 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 0.06 | 10 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | 40 | 2.5 | 27 | 1.7 | +100 |
| Shirley | 18,230 | 217 | 11.9 | 148 | 8. 1 | 3 | 14 | - | - | 20 | 1.1 | - | - | - | - | 43 | 2.4 | 40 | 2.2 | + 69 |
| South Norwood | 16,820 | 407 | 24.2 | 220 | 13. 1 | 6 | 15 | - | - | 21 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.06 | - | - | 73 | 4.3 | 46 | 2.7 | + 187 |
| Thornton Heath | 15,370 | 295 | 19. 2 | 167 | 10. 9 | 5 | 17 | - | - | 15 | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 44 | 2.9 | 54 | 3.5 | +128 |
| Upper Norwood | 16,110 | 297 | 18. 4 | 185 | 11.5 | 5 | 17 | - | - | 21 | 1.3 | - | - | - | - | 62 | 3.8 | 32 | 2.0 | +112 |
| Waddon | 16,950 | 268 | 15.8 | 279 | 16. 5 | 11 | 41 | - | - | 49 | 2.9 | - | - | - | - | 99 | 5.8 | 53 | 3.1 | - 11 |
| West Thornton | 15,500 | 283 | 18.3 | 171 | 11.0 | 7 | - | - | 25 | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | 43 | 2.8 | 46 | 3.0 | +112 | |
| Whitehorse Manor | 15.410 | 338 | 22.0 | 170 | 11.0 | 4 | 12 | - | 24 | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | 58 | 3.8 | 35 | 2.3 | +168 | |
| Woodcote Coulsdon West | 15.720 | 236 | 15.0 | 199 | 12.6 | 1 | 4 | - | 26 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.06 | - | - | 58 | 3.7 | 36 | 2.3 | + 37 | |
| Woodsids | 15,800 | 333 | 21.0 | 174 | 11.0 | 4 | 12 | - | - | 23 | 1.5 | - | - | - | - | 52 | 3.3 | 55 | 3. 5 | +159 |
| Borough | 328,380 | 5,729 | 17.4 | 3,874 | 11.8 | 101 | 17.6 | 4 | 0.01 | 585 | 1.8 | 4 | 0.01 | - | - | 1.350 | 4. 1 | 781 | 2.4 | +1,855 |
*Death rata per 1,000 population and excluding those who died in Queen's Hospital