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 1967
[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 J year per 1,000 births | Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | *Death Rate from Diarrhoea (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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addiscombe | 15,560 | 342 | 22.0 | 232 | 14.9 | 6 | 36 | 2.3 | 1 | 0.06 | - | 87 | 5.6 | 43 | 2.4 | + 110 | ||||
| Bensham Manor | 15,780 | 280 | 17.8 | 196 | 12.4 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 8.06 | 31 | 2.0 | 3 | 0.19 | - | 76 | 4.8 | 37 | 2.3 | +84 | |
| Broad Green | 14.310 | 278 | 19.4 | 160 | 11.2 | 10 | 36 | 27 | 1.9 | 2 | 0.14 | - | 45 | 3.1 | 40 | 18 | +118 | |||
| Central | 14,810 | 249 | 16.8 | 188 | 12.6 | 4 | 16 | 30 | 2.0 | 3 | 0.20 | 83 | 5.6 | 45 | 3.0 | +61 | ||||
| Coulsdon East | 15,330 | 235 | 15.3 | 255 | 16.6 | 3 | 13 | 42 | 2.7 | 2 | 0.13 | - | 85 | 5.5 | 47 | 3.1 | -20 | |||
| East | 16,230 | 158 | 9.7 | 178 | 11.0 | 3 | 19 | 32 | 2.0 | - | - | - | 66 | 4.1 | 40 | 2.5 | -20 | |||
| New Addington | 25,770 | 544 | 21.1 | 122 | 4.7 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.08 | - | 28 | 1.1 | 29 | 1.1 | +422 | |||
| Norbury | 16,300 | 220 | 13.5 | 223 | 13.7 | 4 | 18 | 31 | 1.9 | 1 | 0.06 | - | 83 | 5.1 | 58 | 3.6 | -3 | |||
| Purley | 16,310 | 230 | 14.1 | 201 | 12.3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 1.2 | - | - | - | 85 | 5.2 | 45 | 2.8 | +29 | |||
| Sanderataad North | 17,030 | 243 | 14.3 | 191 | 11.2 | 8 | 33 | 24 | 1.4 | - | - | 71 | 4.2 | 34 | 2.0 | +52 | ||||
| Sanderataad & Selsdon | 15,990 | 186 | 11.6 | 142 | 8.9 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0.6 | - | - | - | 47 | 3.0 | 39 | 2.4 | +44 | |||
| Shirley | 19,140 | 233 | 12.2 | 142 | 7.4 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 1.2 | - | - | - | 42 | 2.2 | 28 | 1.5 | +91 | |||
| South Norwood | 17.020 | 428 | 25.1 | 198 | 11.6 | 16 | 37 | 35 | 2.1 | 2 | 0.12 | 65 | 3.8 | 47 | 2.5 | +230 | ||||
| Thornton Heath | 15,010 | 292 | 19.4 | 150 | 10.0 | 6 | 21 | 30 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.17 | - | 44 | 2.9 | 34 | 2.3 | +142 | |||
| Upper Norwood | 16,000 | 254 | 15.9 | 185 | 11.5 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.06 | - | 69 | 4.3 | 38 | 2.4 | +69 | |||
| Waddon | 16,830 | 245 | 14.6 | 250 | 14.8 | 5 | 20 | 46 | 2.6 | 1 | 0.06 | - | 80 | 4.8 | 52 | 3.1 | -5 | |||
| West Thornton | 15,070 | 264 | 17.5 | 166 | 11.0 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.07 | - | 65 | 4.3 | 35 | 2.3 | +98 | |||
| Whitehorse Manor | 15,020 | 366 | 24.4 | 194 | 12.9 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 2.1 | - | - | 74 | 4.9 | 37 | 2.5 | +172 | ||||
| Woodcote and Coulsdon West | 15,440 | 218 | 14.1 | 322 | 19.7 | 4 | 18 | 91 | 5.9 | 2 | 0.13 | 1 | 0.06 | 109 | 7.0 | 40 | 2.6 | -104 | ||
| Woodside | 15,340 | 317 | 20.6 | 165 | 10.8 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 2.3 | 1 | 0.07 | - | 54 | 3.5 | 31 | 2.0 | + 152 | |||
| The Borough | 328,290 | 5,582 | 17.0 | 4,015 | 12.2 | 110 | 19.7 | 0.003 | 665 | 2.0 | 23 | 0i07 | 1 | 0.003 | 1.388 | 4.1 | 799 | 2.4 | +1,567 |
*Death rata per 1,000 population and excluding those who died in Queen's Hospital