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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 South (91), Waddon (63),
Whitehorse Manor (62), and Upper Norwood and Broad Green
(57); lowest in Central (15), Bensham Manor (19).
The Infantile Mortality rate was above the average for the
whole Borough in the following Wards: Upper Norwood,
Woodside, Whitehorse Manor, Broad Green, Waddon and
South.
Birth.rates were highest in Waddon, Whitehorse Manor, and
Thornton Ileath; lowest in Norbury, East, South, Upper Norwood
and Central.
The general death-rate was highest in South, South Norwood,
Whitehorse Manor, Waddon and Addiscombe; lowest in Norbury,
Bensham Manor, East, and Thornton Heath.
The death-rate was above the average for the whole Borough
in the following Wards : South Norwood, Addiscombe, Whitehorse
Manor, Broad Green, Waddon and South.
Most persons to the acre in Broad Green, Whitehorse Manor,
Ihornton Heath, and Bensham Manor; least in East, South, and
Ipper Norwood.
Addington, owing to its relatively scanty population, has not
been included for purposes of comparison.
The birth-rate is the lowest yet recorded.
The death-rate from Zymotic diseases was' highest in WoodS|de,
Waddon, South Norwood, and Whitehorse Manor; from
Diarrhoea in Whitehorse Manor, Bensham Manor, and Waddon;
from Bronchitis and Pneumonia in Waddon, South Norwood,
\ddiscombe, and Whitehorse Manor; from Pulmonary Tuberculosis
in Whitehorse Manor, Addiscombe and Thornton Heath;
'ram Non-Pulmonarv Tuberculosis in Waddon and South; from
diseases of the Heart and Circulation in South Norwood, South,
,ind Addiscombe; from Nervous Diseases in South and White!|wse
Manor; from Cancer in South and Addiscombe.