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Croydon 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Infantile Mortality in Wards from 1926 to 1932.Table LXXXVI.

Infantile Mortality in Wards from 1926 to 1932.

Table LXXXVI.

1926192719281929193019311932Averge over 1 years.
Upper Norwood54738070108807677
Norbury5827372048392737
West Thornton2934946329667556
Bensham Manor6997455539722858
Thornton Heath3860759966666968
South Norwood8139535451483251
Woodside5057425940373045
Eas2232256340306840
Addiscombe5758457133473149
Whitehorse Manor11475597462744672
Broad Green3350487638466050
Central9329584251912255
Waddon8546466356535558
South8368666125633457

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The wards with the highest average infant mortality over a
seven year period are: Upper Norwood, Thornton Heath, and
Whitehorse Manor; the lowest averages are recorded in Norbury,
East and Woodside.
Any infant death occurring in an institution has been allocated
to the Ward in which the infant lived prior to admission.
Midwives Acts, 1902 and 1918.
112 midwives notified the Local Supervising Authority of then
intention to practise within the Borough during 1931, 5 of whom
were in respect of periods of 2-3 weeks only ; 35 ceased practising
in the Borough, so that 72 remained on the Register at the end of
the year. Of these 68 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 3 held the certificate of the London
Obstetrical Society.