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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 Whitehorse Manor (89),
West Thornton (87), and Thornton Heath (86) ; lowest in
Waddon (25), East (27), Bensham Manor (35), Central (38), and
Woodside (39).
The Infantile Mortality rate was above the average for the
whole Borough in the following Wards: Upper Norwood, West
Thornton, Thornton Heath, Addiscombe, Whitehorse Manor, and
Broad Green.
Birth-rates were highest in South Norwood, Broad Green,
and Whitehorse Manor ; lowest in Norbury, Upper Norwood, South,
and East.
The general death-rate was highest in South, Whitehorse
Manor, and Central; lowest in Addington, Norbury, and Waddon.
The death-rate was above the average for the whole Borough
in the following Wards: Upper Norwood, South Norwood, Addiscombe,
Whitehorse Manor, Broad Green, Central, and South.
The death-rate from Diarrhoea was highest in Thornton Heath
and Upper Norwood ; from Bronchitis and Pneumonia in Broad
green, West Thornton, and South; from Pulmonary Tuberculosis
in Wliitehorse Manor, Bensham Manor, and Central; from NonPulmonary
Tuberculosis in Thornton Heath, Norbury, East, and
Whitehorse Manor; from Diseases of the Heart and Circulation in
Central, Addiscombe, and Whitehorse Manor; from Nervous
Diseases in South Norwood and East; from Cancer in South, Woodside,
and East.