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Comments on Table I.
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 Central (66), Norbury and
Hast (63), and Addiscombe (62); lowest in Upper Norwood (26),
Thornton Heath (31), and Bensham Manor (32).
The Infantile Mortality rate was above the average for the
whole Borough in the following Wards: Norbury, West Thornton,
Woodside, East, Addiscombe, Whitehorse Manor, Broad Green,
Central, Waddon and South.
Birth-rates were highest in Waddon, Thornton Heath, and
South Norwood; lowest in Upper Norwood, Norbury, South, and
Central.
The general death-rate was highest in South Norwood, Waddon,
and Addiscombe; lowest in Upper Norwood, Norbury, West
Thornton, Thornton Heath, and Woodside.
The death-rate was above the average for the whole Borough
in the following Wards: Bensham Manor, South Norwood, East,
Addiscombe, Broad Green, Waddon, and South.
Addington, owing to its relatively scanty population, has not
been included for purposes of comparison.
The birth-rate is an increase on last year, which was the lowest
recorded up to that time.
The death-rate from Diarrhoea was highest in Woodside,
Wl itehorse Manor, and Norbury; from Bronchitis and Pneumonia
in South Norwood and Woodside; from Pulmonary Tiuberculoses in
Waddon, South Norwood, and Broad Green; from Non-Pulmonary
Tuberculosis in Broad Green and Addiscombe; from Diseases of
the Heart and Circulation in Addiscombe, South Norwood and
Waddon.; from Nervous Diseases in East and Bensham Manor:
from Cancer in South, South Norwood, and Bensham Manor.