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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 1968
[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 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 | Deaths from Cancer | *Death Rate from Cancer | Satural Increase of Births over Deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addiscombe | 15,540 | 321 | 20.6 | 162 | 10.4 | 5 | 16 | - | - | 34 | 2.3 | 3 | 0.19 | - | - | 70 | 4.5 | 50 | 3.2 | +159 |
| Benshara Manor | 15,520 | 269 | 17.4 | 157 | 10.1 | 4 | 15 | - | - | 26 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.06 | 1 | 0.06 | 78 | 5.0 | 35 | 2.3 | +112 |
| Broad Green | 14,020 | 243 | 17.3 | 134 | 9.6 | 2 | 8 | - | - | 27 | 1.9 | 1 | 0.07 | - | - | 58 | 4.1 | 43 | 3.1 | +109 |
| Central | 15,060 | 275 | 18.3 | 230 | 15.3 | 4 | 15 | - | - | 44 | 2.9 | - | - | - | - | 100 | 6.6 | 31 | 2.1 | +45 |
| Coulsdon Cast...... | 15,330 | 255 | 16.6 | 232 | 15.1 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 68 | 4.4 | - | - | - | - | 72 | 4.7 | 32 | 2.1 | +23 |
| East | 16,470 | 168 | 10.2 | 161 | 9.3 | 4 | 24 | - | - | 28 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.06 | - | - | 58 | 3.5 | 38 | 2.3 | +7 |
| New Addington | 26,750 | 671 | 25.1 | 81 | 3.1 | 15 | 22 | - | - | 11 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 32 | 1.2 | 31 | 1.2 | +590 |
| Norbury | 16,060 | 197 | 12.3 | 138 | 8.6 | 2 | 10 | - | - | 26 | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | 66 | 4.1 | 29 | 1.8 | +59 |
| Purley | 16,330 | 236 | 14.4 | 148 | 9.1 | 4 | 17 | - | - | 29 | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | 76 | 4.6 | 57 | 3.5 | +88 |
| Sanderstead North | 16,990 | 233 | 13.7 | 131 | 7.7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0.06 | 22 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.06 | - | - | 72 | 4.2 | 38 | 2.2 | +102 |
| Sanderstead & Selsdon | 16,210 | 186 | 11.5 | 100 | 6.2 | 4 | 21 | - | - | 16 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.06 | - | - | 54 | 3.3 | 27 | 1.7 | +86 |
| Shirley | 19,990 | 279 | 14.0 | 97 | 4.9 | 6 | 21 | - | - | 15 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.05 | - | - | 39 | 2.0 | 28 | 1.4 | +182 |
| South Norwood | 16,810 | 387 | 23.0 | 161 | 9.6 | 9 | 24 | - | - | 36 | 2.1 | 2 | 0.12 | 1 | 0.06 | 73 | 4.3 | 34 | 2.0 | +226 |
| Thornton Heath | 14,810 | 284 | 19.2 | 129 | 8.7 | 3 | 11 | - | - | 25 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.07 | - | - | 53 | 3.6 | 30 | 2.0 | +155 |
| Upper Norwood | 16,270 | 254 | 15.6 | 130 | 8.0 | 3 | 12 | - | - | 18 | 1.1 | - | - | - | - | 63 | 3.9 | 36 | 2.2 | +124 |
| Waddon | 16,700 | 231 | 13.9 | 257 | 15.4 | 5 | 22 | - | - | 26 | 1.6 | - | - | 1 | 0.06 | 122 | 7.3 | 35 | 2.1 | -26 |
| West Thornton...... | 14,880 | 270 | 18.2 | 158 | 10.6 | 8 | 30 | - | - | 35 | 2.4 | - | - | - | - | 69 | 4.6 | 39 | 2.6 | +112 |
| Whitehorse Manor | 14,750 | 323 | 21.9 | 146 | 9.9 | 5 | 15 | - | - | 25 | 1.7 | - | - | - | - | 73 | 4.9 | 31 | 2.1 | +177 |
| Woodcote & Coulsdon W. | 15,460 | 196 | 12.7 | 322 | 20.8 | 4 | 20 | - | - | 120 | 7.8 | - | - | - | - | 151 | 9.8 | 35 | 2.3 | -126 |
| Woodside | 15,260 | 305 | 20.0 | 123 | 8.1 | 7 | 23 | - | - | 22 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | 58 | 3.8 | 32 | 2.1 | +182 |
| The Borough | 329,210 | 5,583 | 17.0 | 4,160 | 12.6 | 97 | 17.4 | 1 | 0.003 | 742 | 2.3 | 12 | 0.04 | 3 | 0.009 | 1,464 | 4.4 | 750 | 2.3 | +1,423 |
* Death rate per 1,000 population and excluding those who died in Queen's Hospital