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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 Woodside (68), Thornton
Heath and Whitehorse Manor (62), and Central (60); lowest in
Addington (11), Norbury (19), and Bensham Manor ('20).
The Infantile Mortality rate was above the average for the
whole Borough in the following Wards: Upper Norwood, West
Thornton, Thornton Heath, South Norwood, Woodside, Addiscombe,
Whitehorse Manor, Central, and South.
Birth-rates were highest in Waddon, South Norwood, and
Thornton Heath ; lowest in Norbury, Upper Norwood, and Central.
The general death-rate was highest in South Norwood, Thornton
Heath, Addiscombe, and Central; lowest in Addington, Upper
Norwood, West Thornton, and Norbury.
The death-rate was above the average for the whole Borough
in the following Wards: Bensham Manor, Thornton Heath, South
Norwood, East, Addiscombe, Broad Green, Central, Waddon, and
South.
The death-rate from Diarrhoea was highest in Woodside,
Central, and Whitehorse Manor; from Bronchitis and Pneumonia
in South Norwood, Addiscombe, and Thornton Heath; from Pulmonary
Tuberculosis in Whitehorse Manor, Woodside, and East;
from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis in South Norwood and Broad
Green; from Diseases of the Heart and Circulation in South Norwood,
Central, and Bensham Manor; from Nervous Diseases in
Addiscombe and Central; from Cancer in South, East, Addiscombe,
and South Norwood.
Through the kindness of the Medical Officer of Health of
Portsmouth I am able to include the following Table, showing
comparative vital statistics for 20 of the large towns in England
and Wales. They are arranged—taking Croydon with the basic
comparability factor of 1., as it has the lowest crude death-rate
(10.7)—in order of their death-rate as adjusted by the factor.
Croydon shows (a) the lowest death-rate, (b) the lowest infant
mortality rate, (c) the lowest Tuberculosis rate, (d) the lowest
birth-rate: :(e) it is bracketed with Portsmouth 2nd Leicester in
having the lowest Diphtheria incidence rate. It is not so favourably
placed as some of the other towns with regard to the Maternal
Mortality rate.