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Penge 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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TABLE I.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | Year of Age. | At all Ages. | ||||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1.000 Births Registered | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate.* | Number | Rate.1 | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1892 | - | 465 | - | - | - | 308 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1893 | - | 442 | - | - | - | 280 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1894 | - | 417 | - | - | - | 271 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1895 | - | 488 | - | - | - | 281 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1896 | - | 414 | - | - | - | 238 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1897 | - | 500 | - | - | - | 237 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1898 | - | 439 | - | - | 2.77 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1899 | - | 465 | - | - | - | 289 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1900 | - | 481 | - | - | - | 256 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1901 | 22,468 | 457 | 20.3 | 60 | 131.29 | 271 | 12.0 | - | - | 32 | 303 | 13.48 |
| Averages for years 1892-1901 | - | 456.8 | - | - | - | 270.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1902 | 22,822 | 476 | 20.8 | 67 | 14075 | 250 | 10.9 | - | - | 37 | 287 | I2.5 |
* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered during the year as having actually
occurred within the district or division. The deaths included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the
subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column n.
By the term " Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in
public institutions there; and by the term " Residents is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of
sickness or infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
The "Public institutions" taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those into which persons are habitually
received on account of sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses, and lunatic asylums. A list of the institutions in
respect of the deaths in which corrections have been made is given in Table II.
Area of District in Acres
(exclusive of area
covered by water)
770
Total population at all ages 22,468
Number of inhabited houses 3,811
Average number of persons per house 5.89
At Census
of 1901.
TABLE II.
| 1. | II. | III. |
| Institutions within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District. | Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District. | Other Institutions the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District. |
| (1.) Workhouse Infirmary, Croydon. | ||
| (2.) Borough Hospital, Croydon. | ||
| (3.) Rural Isolation Hospital, Croydon. | ||
| (4). Small Pox Hospital, Cheam. |