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Croydon 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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INFANT MORTALITY.
211 deaths of Croydon infants under one year of age occurred
in 1926 (Appendix, Table 1.), giving an infant mortality (number
of deaths under one year of age per 1,000 births) of 61, compared
with 55 in 1925.
The infant mortality for the live years 1922-26 was: 64, 52,
56, 55, 61.

Table: The following gives a comparison with corresponding infant mortality rates in other areas:—

The following gives a comparison with corresponding infant mortality rates in other areas:—

1924.1925. 1926.
Infant mortality, Croydon565561
,, 105 large towns, including London807973
,, London696764
,, England & Wales757570

Table: Infant Mortality among illegitimate children.—The infant mortality among illegitimate children in 1926 (Appendix, Table I.) was 169, in 1925, 180. The following table summarises the rates in recent years:—

Infant Mortality among illegitimate children.—The infant mortality among illegitimate children in 1926 (Appendix, Table I.) was 169, in 1925, 180. The following table summarises the rates in recent years:—

Illegitimate
Y ear.rate.
1920159
1921111
1922170
1923253
1924203
1925180
1926169

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NURSING ARRANGEMENTS, CLINICS, HOSPITALS AND
OTHER INSTITUTIONS AVAILABLE IN THE TOWN
A.—Professional Nursing in the Home.
The particulars set out in the report for 1925 hold good, and
need not here be repeated.
B.—Mid wives.
No practising midwives are employed or subsidised bv the
local authority.
72 midwives practised in the Borough in 1926.
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