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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 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Infantile Mortality in Wards from 1927 to 1934Table XX.

Infantile Mortality in Wards from 1927 to 1934

Table XX.

19271928192919301931193219331934Average over 8 years.
Upper Norwood7380701088076573372
Norbury273720483927303733
West Thornton349463296675335956
Bensham Manor974555397228196252
Thornton Heath607599666669444265
South Norwood395354514832425246
Woodside574259403730506647
East322563403068463041
Addiscombe584571334731354345
Whitehorse Manor755974627448626064
Broad Green504876384660574152
Central295842519122153042
Waddon464663565355635054
South686661256334917159
Addington.....................15...

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The Wards with the highest average infant mortality over an
eight year period are: Upper Norwood, Thornton Heath, and
Whitehorse Manor; the lowest averages are recorded in Norbury,
East and Central.
Midwives Acts, 1902 and 1918.
105 midwives notified the Local Supervising Authority of
their intention to practise within the Borough during 1934; 27
ceased practising in the Borough, so that 78 remained on the
Register at the end of the year. Of these 75 were trained and
held the certificate of the Central Midwives Board, and 1 was
a bona-fide midwife, i.e., she was in practice as a midwife at the
time of the passing of the Midwives Act, 1902, while 2 held the
certificate of the London Obstetrical Society.
Confinements Attended by Midwives.
Cases attended by midwives alone2,215 i.e., 65.2% of
Cases attended by midwives when a doctor was total births
also engaged 625
Cases attended by midwives when a doctor was
also summoned 347
Total 3,187 i.e., 93.8°/o
total births