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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Twenty cases were notified during 1938.
The following table gives the notifications in Croydon during the past eleven years:—
| No. of cases Rate per 1000 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 |
| 19 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 21 | 20 | ||||
| births | 2.8 | 1.5 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 6 3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.0 |
| Cases treated. | Vision Unimpaired. | Vision Impaired. | Died. | Removed | Remaining under Treatment. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | At home. | fn hospital | — | — | |||
Infant Mortality,
The Infantile Mortality rate was 40 per 1,000 live births
registered. This is 20 per 1,000 births less than in 1937 and is the
lowest yet recorded. If calculated upon the number of live births
notified the rate is even lower, viz., 36.6 per 1,000.
For the past 5 years the numbers of infant deaths have been:
1934, 145; 1935, 147; 1936, 134; 1937, 195; 1938, 135. 94 deaths
of infants occurred in institutions, including Registered Nursing
Homes.
Among the 135 deaths, 71 occurred in boy babies and 64 in
girls. Of the births, 1,710 were males and 1,625 females. The
infantile mortality rate for the two sexes was, therefore:—Boys, 42;
girls, 39.
The rate of infant mortality amongst illegitimate children was
129 per 1,000. The rate in legitimate children was 36 per 1,000.