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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Croydon 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Infantile Mortality in Wards from 1928 to 1935.Table IX.

Infantile Mortality in Wards from 1928 to 1935.

Table IX.

19281929193019311932193319341935Average over 8 years.
Upper Norwood8070108807657332668
Norbury372048392730376338
Wot Thornton946329667533594758
Bensham Manor455539722819623244
Thornton Heath759966666944423162
South Norwood535461483242524047
Woodside425940373050665748
East256340306846306345
Addiscombe457133473135436246
Whitehorse Manor597462744862604761
Broad Green487638466057415152
Central584251912215306647
Waddon466356535563505455
South666125633491715658
Addington..................1536...

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The Wards with the highest average infant mortality over an
eight years period are: Upper Norwood, Thornton Heath, and
Whitehorse Manor; the lowest averages are recorded in Norbury,
Bensham Manor and East and Addiscombe.
Midwives Acts, 1902 and 1918.
113 midwives notified the Local Supervising Authority of their
intention to practise within the Borough during 1935; 40 ceased
practising in the Borough and 1 died, so that 72 remained on the
Register at the end of the year. Of these 70 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 1 held the certificate
of the London Obstetrical Society.
Confinements Attended by Midwives.
Cases attended by midwives alone 2,184 i.e., 61.8% of
Cases attended by midwives when a doctor was total births
also engaged 645
Cases attended by midwives when a doctor was
also summoned 434
Total 3,263 i.e., 92.3% of
total births