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Comments on Table VI.
Corrections have been made for deaths of infants in institutions.
A death under such circumstances has been allocated to the
Ward in which the parents reside.
Infantile mortality was highest in Upper Norwood (76), West
Thornton (75), Thornton Heath (69), and East (68) ; lowest in
Central (22), Norbury (27), and Bensham Manor (28).
The Infantile Mortality rate was above the average for the
whole Borough in the following Wards: Upper Norwood, West
Thornton, Thornton Heath, East, Broad Green, and Waddon.
Birth-rates were highest in Woodside, Waddon, South Norwood
and Broad Green; lowest in Norbury, West Thornton and
East.
The general death-rate was highest in Thornton Heath, South
Norwood, and Whitehorse Manor; lowest in Norbury, West
Thornton and Woodside.
The death-rate was above the average for the whole Borough
in the following Wards: Thornton Heath, South Norwood, Addiscombe,
Whitehorse Manor, Central, Waddon and South-
Most persons to acre in Broad Green, Whitehorse Manor,
Thornton Heath, and Bensham Manor; least in East, Upper Norwood
and South.
Addington, owing to its relatively scanty population, has not
been included for purposes of comparison.
The birth-rate is the lowest recorded with the exception of
1918.
The death rate from Zymotic diseases was highest in Broad
Green and Waddon; from Diarrhoea in Thornton Heath and
Upper Norwood; from Bronchitis and Pneumonia in Whitehorse
Manor, Thornton Heath and Waddon ; from Pulmonary Tuberculosis
in Thornton Heath, Broad Green and Bensham Manor;
from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Whitehorse Manor and
West Thornton; from Diseases of the Heart and Circulation in
South Norwood. Whitehorse Manor and Central; from Nervous
Diseases in South, and East; from Cancer in Central and South.