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In the Registrar General's Annual Summary for 1911, Croydon
stands eighth in order of merit for infantile mortality for the years
1906 to 1910 amongst the 77 largest towns in England and Wales. The
figures are :—'
Average Infantile Mortality,
1906—1910.
Hornsey 71
King's Norton 86
Leyton 87
Hastings 91
Bournemouth 92
Handsworth (Staffs) 94
Reading 95
Croydon 97
Croydon as a Borough, therefore, occupies a highly creditable position
amongst the towns of the country in this respect. An analysis of the
returns from the individual wards of the Borough, however, shows that
the infantile mortality of the West Ward is not only markedly higher
than that of Croydon as a whole, but is fairly consistently higher than
the average for England and Wales.
The statistical details necessary for the report are given in Tables
A, B and C and in the accompanying Chart. Before the year 1906,
the West Ward included a large area now forming the North Ward of
the Borough. The figires relating to that period are therefore not
comparable with the years 1906—1912, and are not given.
INFANTILE MORTALITY (1906—1912).
England and Wales; Croydon County Borough; the Individual
Wards in Croydon.