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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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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WARD STATISTICS
| Estimated Population | Births (live) | Birth Rate | Deaths | *Death Rate | Deaths under 1 year | Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births | Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | *Death Rate from Diarrhœa (under 2 years) | Deaths from Bronchitis and Pneumonia | *Death Rate 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 Rate from Cancer | Natural Increase of Births over Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addiacomba | 15,460 | 326 | 21.1 | 198 | 12.8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0.06 | 34 | 2.2 | 1 | 0.06 | - | - | 77 | 5.0 | 39 | 2.5 | + 128 |
| Benaham Manor | 16,090 | 309 | 18.3 | 189 | 11.8 | 3 | 10 | - | - | 20 | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | 63 | 3.9 | 45 | 2.8 | +120 |
| Broad Green | 14,640 | 292 | 20.0 | 181 | 12.4 | 3 | 10 | - | - | 28 | 1.9 | 2 | 0.14 | - | - | 66 | 4.5 | 45 | 3.1 | + 111 |
| Central | 14,930 | 277 | 18.6 | 246 | 16.5 | 5 | 18 | - | - | 30 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.07 | - | - | 76 | 5.1 | 54 | 3.6 | + 31 |
| Cooladon East | 15,110 | 257 | 17.0 | 231 | 15.3 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 44 | 2.9 | 2 | 0.13 | - | - | 73 | 4.8 | 32 | 2.1 | + 26 |
| Eaat | 16.S20 | 154 | 9.4 | 186 | 11.4 | 6 | 39 | - | - | 14 | 0.9 | - | - | 1 | 0.06 | 76 | 4.7 | 41 | 2.5 | - 32 |
| New Addington | 23,670 | 468 | 19.8 | 79 | 3.3 | 6 | 13 | - | - | 7 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.04 | - | - | 25 | 1.1 | 11 | 0.5 | +389 |
| Norbury | 16,380 | 187 | 11.4 | 206 | 12.6 | 5 | 27 | - | - | 22 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.06 | - | - | 80 | 4.9 | 47 | 2.9 | - 19 |
| Parley | 16,330 | 274 | 16.8 | 199 | 12.2 | 2- | 7 | - | - | 25 | 1.5 | - | - | - | - | 86 | 5.3 | 38 | 2.3 | + 75 |
| Sanderetead North | 17,140 | 232 | 13.5 | 217 | 12.1 | 3 | 13 | - | - | 23 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.06 | 1 | 0.06 | 56 | 3.3 | 64 | 3.7 | + 15 |
| Sanderetead A Seladon | 16,130 | 197 | 12.2 | 156 | 9.7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0.06 | 17 | 1.1 | - | - | - | - | 66 | 4.1 | 32 | 2.0 | + 41 |
| Shirley | 18,310 | 248 | 13.5 | 139 | 7.6 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 13 | 0.7 | - | - | - | - | 55 | 3.0 | 32 | 1.8 | +109 |
| South Norwood | 16,940 | 427 | 25.2 | 155 | 9.2 | 4 | 9 | - | - | 24 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.06 | 1 | 0.06 | 63 | 3.7 | 54 | 3.2 | +272 |
| Thornton Heath | 15,130 | 352 | 23.2 | 167 | 11.1 | 3 | 9 | - | - | 16 | 1.1 | - | • - | - | 0.13 | 66 | 4.4 | 45 | 3.0 | +185 |
| Upper Norwood | 16,010 | 288 | 18.0 | 185 | 11.6 | 4 | 14 | - | - | 23 | 1.4 | 2 | 0.13 | - | - | 71 | 4.4 | 40 | 2.5 | + 103 |
| Waddon | 16,900 | 257 | 15.2 | 240 | 14.2 | 2 | 8 | - | - | 33 | 2.0 | 5 | 0.30 | - | - | 85 | 5.0 | 40 | 2.4 | + 17 |
| Went Thornton | 15.260 | 279 | 18.3 | 182 | 12.0 | 6 | 21 | - | - . | 25 | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | 65 | 4.3 | 49 | 3.2 | + 97 |
| Whitehorae Manor | 15,330 | 360 | 23.2 | 187 | 12.2 | 3 | 8 | - | - | 25 | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | 78 | 5.1 | 41 | 2.7 | + 173 |
| Woodcote and Couladon Went | 15.600 | 213 | 13.7 | 295 | 18.9 | . | - | - | . | 94 | 6.0 | 1 | 0.06 | - | - | 91 | 5.8 | 39 | 2.5 | - 82 |
| Voodaide......... | 15.510 | 285 | 18.4 | 178 | 11.5 | 2 | 7 | - | - | 24 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.06 | - | - | 65 | 4.2 | 51 | 3.3 | +107 |
| The Borough ...... | 327.190 | 5,682 | 17.4 | 3,985 | 12.2 | 62 | 10.9 | 2 | 0.01 | 547 | 1.7 | 19 | 0.06 | 5 | 0.02 | 1,409 | 4.3 | 842 | 2.6 | + 1,697 |
*Death rate per 1,000 population and excluding thoae who died in Queen'a Hoapital