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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The following table gives the notifications in Croydon during the past ten years: —
| 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No of Cases | 13 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 3 |
| Rate per 1,000 | ||||||||||
| Births | 3.9 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 0.8 |
| Notified. | Cases treated. | Vision Unimpaired. | Vision Impaired | Died. | Removed | Remaining under T reatraent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At home. | In hospital | 2 | — | — | 1 | - | |
| 3 | 3 | — | |||||
Infant Mortality.
The Infantile Mortality rate was 44 per 1,000 live births
registered.
For the past 5 years the number of infant deaths have been
1940—116, 1941—90, 1942—137, 1943—137, and 1944—156. 125
deaths of infants occurred in Institutions, including Registered
Nursing Homes.
Among the 156 deaths, 95 occurred in boy babies and 01 in
girls. Of the births, 1,849 were males and 1,734 females. The
infantile mortality rate for the two sexes was, therefore Boys—51,
Girls-35.