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Staff of Clinics for Remedial Exercises and Massage.—
†May Appleton, South Kensington Cert. for Physiology and Hygiene, Chelsea
College Diploma, Organiser and Supervisor of Physical Training (Girls)
and Remedial Exercises Classes,
†Winifred F. Batson, I.S.T.M., Masseuse, School Medical Service.
†H. Jenner, I.S.T.M., Masseuse, Maternity and Child Welfare (part-time).
Croydon Borough Hospital, Croydon Borough Sanatorium, and
Sick Nursery.—
Nursing and Domestic Staffs.
Clerical Staff.—
Nineteen full-time clerks.
†Exchequer contributions are received in respect of salaries of these officers.
STATISTICAL SUMMARY.
1. General Statistics.
Area (acres).—9,012.
Population (Census 1921)—190,877.
Population, June, 1923 (Registrar General's Estimate)—193,400.
Number of Inhabited Houses (1921)—41,923.
Rateable value—£1,326,551 (December, 1923).
Sum represented by a penny rate—£5,100.
2. Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
Births— Males. Females. Total. Birth Rate.
Legitimate 1583 1641 3224
Illegitimate 68 78 146
17.4
Totals 1651 1719 3370
Deaths—2,007. Death rate—10.4.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth : —
From Sepsis, 4.
From other causes, 6.
Number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births
(infant mortality)—52.
Legitimate rate, 43; Illegitimate rate, 253.
Number of deaths from Measles (all ages)—9.
,, Whooping Cough (all ages)—11.
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)—21.
Other particulars required by the Ministry of Health under
Circular 451, of 15th December, 1923, will be found in the body cf
the report and can be traced through the index.