[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon] page 52

Croydon 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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SECTION III.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
Infantile Mortality is measured by the proportion of deaths under
one year to 1,000 births, and amounted to 63, as compared with 73 in 1919,
76 in 1918, 87 in 1917, 77 in 1916, 83 in 1915, 79 in 1914, 94 in 1913. 77
in 1912, 105 in 1911, 87 in 1910, 79 in 1909, 99 in 1908. During the year
of 1920 the rate for England and Wales was 80, while in the 96 large towns
it was 85, and in the 148 smaller towns 80, and in London 75.
The infant mortality rate of 63 is a record low rate for the borough by
no fewer than 10 points.

Table: The figures for the various Wards were:—

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The figures for the various Wards were:—

	Births	Deaths under 1 year.	Death-rate per 1000 Births (all causes).	Death-rate per 1000 births from diarrhœal diseases.
Upper Norwood Sub-division	201	16	79	5
North Ward	749	45	60	7
Thornton Heath Sub-division	447	29	65	2
East Ward	410	16	39	2
Borough	4434	275	63	7
Central Ward	327	20	61	6
Southward	372	33	88	19
West Ward	1259	71	56	4
South Norwood Ward	669	45	67	8

Table: The following table shows the fluctuations since 1892 in the infantil nortality from "all causes," from "diarrhœal diseases," and from "causes other than diarrhœal."

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The following table shows the fluctuations since 1892 in the infantil nortality from "all causes," from "diarrhœal diseases," and from "causes other than diarrhœal."

Years.	Total Infantile Mortality from all causes.	Infantile Mortality from ''diarrhœal" diseases.	Infantile Morality from other than "diarrhœl" diseases.
1893—1897	142	25	117
1898—1902	143	38	105
1903	104	9	95
1904	128	29	99
1905	96	14	82
1906	125	42	83
1907	94	10	84
1908	99	12	87
1909	79	7	72
1910	87	10	77
1911	105	33	72
1912	77	11	66
1913	94	16	78
1914	79	12	67
1915	83	8	75
1916	77	7	70
1917	87	12	75
1918	76	7	69
1919	73	6	67
1920	63	7	56

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Table: The figures for the various Wards were:—

Table: The following table shows the fluctuations since 1892 in the infantil nortality from "all causes," from "diarrhœal diseases," and from "causes other than diarrhœal."