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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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Estimated Population | Births (Live) | Birth Bate | Deaths | *Death Rate | Deaths under 1 year | Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births | Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 veers) | *Death Rate from Di err hoe a (under 2 years) | Deeths from Bronchitis and Pneumonia | *Death Rate from Bronchitis end Pneumonia | Deeths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis | *Deeth Rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Deaths from Non~ Pulmonary Tuberculosis | *Deeth 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addlscombe | 15,230 | 309 | 20.3 | 185 | 12.2 | 5 | 16 | – | – | 30 | 2.0 | – | – | – | – | 74 | 4.9 | 38 | 2.6 | + 124 |
| Bensham Manor | 15,1 20 | 253 | 16.7 | 210 | 13.9 | 2 | 8 | – | – | 33 | 2.2 | – | – | 1 | 0.07 | 118 | 7.8 | 28 | 1.9 | +43 |
| Broad Green | 13,510 | 248 | 18.4 | 163 | 12.1 | 2 | 8 | – | – | 27 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.07 | – | – | 77 | 5.7 | 34 | 2.5 | +86 |
| Central | 15,070 | 225 | 14.9 | 231 | 15.3 | 5 | 22 | – | – | 34 | 2.3 | 1 | 0.07 | 1 | 0.07 | 130 | 8.6 | 36 | 2.3 | – 6 |
| Coulsdon East | 14,080 | 190 | 13.5 | 134 | 9.6 | – | – | – | – | 27 | 1.9 | – | – | – | – | 60 | 4.3 | 28 | 2.0 | +66 |
| East | 16,830 | 184 | 11.0 | 164 | 9.8 | 4 | 22 | – | – | 22 | 1.3 | – | – | – | – | 81 | 4.8 | 35 | 2.1 | + 20 |
| New Addlngton | 27,230 | 663 | 24.3 | 116 | 4.2 | 12 | 18 | – | – | 16 | 0.6 | – | – | – | – | 60 | 1.8 | 22 | 0.8 | + 547 |
| Norbury | 15,930 | 221 | 13.9 | 205 | 12.9 | 6 | 27 | – | – | 35 | 2.2 | – | – | – | – | 108 | 6.8 | 40 | 2.6 | +16 |
| Purley | 16,530 | 164 | 9.9 | 175 | 10.6 | 3 | 18 | – | – | 28 | 1.7 | – | – | – | – | 80 | 4.8 | 46 | 2.7 | –11 |
| Sanderstead North | 17,040 | 224 | 13.1 | 172 | 10.1 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0.06 | 21 | 1.2 | – | – | – | – | 83 | 4.9 | 41 | 2.4 | + 52 |
| Sanderatead & Selsdon | 16,490 | 188 | 11.4 | 142 | 8.6 | 1 | 5 | – | – | 12 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.06 | – | – | 87 | 6.3 | 32 | 1.9 | +46 |
| Shirley | 20,720 | 404 | 19.5 | 177 | 8.6 | 4 | 10 | – | – | 20 | 1.0 | – | – | – | – | 91 | 4.4 | 42 | 2.0 | +227 |
| South Norwood | 16,770 | 366 | 21.8 | 196 | 11.7 | 10 | 27 | – | – | 27 | 1.6 | – | – | 1 | 0.06 | 97 | 6.8 | 42 | 2.6 | + 170 |
| Thornton Heath | 14,840 | 287 | 19.4 | 154 | 10.4 | 3 | 10 | – | – | 14 | 0.9 | – | – | – | – | 66 | 4.4 | 44 | 3.0 | + 133 |
| Upper Norwood | 16,120 | 224 | 13.9 | 166 | 9.7 | 3 | 13 | – | – | 16 | 1.0 | – | – | – | – | 80 | 6.0 | 35 | 2.2 | + 68 |
| Waddon | 16,480 | 222 | 13.5 | 246 | 14.9 | 3 | 13 | – | – | 43 | 2.6 | 1 | 0.06 | – | – | 118 | 7.2 | 51 | 3.1 | – 24 |
| West Thornton | 14,570 | 286 | 19.6 | 169 | 11.6 | 3 | 10 | – | – | 23 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.07 | – | – | 85 | 5.8 | 41 | 2.8 | + 117 |
| Whltehorae Manor | 14,200 | 327 | 23.0 | 195 | 13.7 | 6 | 18 | – | – | 28 | 2.0 | – | – | – | – | 82 | 6.8 | 30 | 2.1 | + 132 |
| Woodcota & Coulsdon West | 15,580 | 171 | 11.0 | 316 | 20.2 | 1 | 6 | – | – | 60 | 3.9 | – | – | – | – | 138 | 8.9 | 64 | 4.1 | –114 |
| Woodside | 14,790 | 290 | 19.6 | 176 | 11.9 | 6 | 21 | – | – | 23 | 1.6 | – | – | 1 | 0.07 | 81 | 6.6 | 51 | 3.6 | + 114 |
| The Borough | 327,130 | 5,446 | 16.7 | 3,860 | 11.8 | 83 | 15.2 | 1 | 0.003 | 591 | 1.8 | 5 | 0.02 | 4 | 0.01 | 1,910 | 5.8 | 782 | 2.4 | + 1,586 |
*Death Rate per 1,000 population and excluding those who died In Queen's Hospital