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Croydon 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Infantile Mortality in Wards from 1931 to 1938.
Table IX.

Table:

19311932193319341935193619371938Average over 8 years.
Upper Norwood807657332653705056
Norbury392730376319461535
West Thornton667533594758873658
Bensham Manor722819623220353638
Thornton Heath666944423162866468
South Norwood483242524047SO2041
Woodside373050665768394950
East306846306340273843
Addiscomde473135436244664547
Whitehorse Manor744862604762895062
Broad Green4660574151406935£0
Central912215306660382644
Waddon535563505426255948
South633491715655585160
Addington1536115978

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The Wards with the highest average infant mortality over
an eight years period are:—Whitehorse Manor, South, Thornton
Heath, and West Thornton; the lowest averages are recorded in
Norbury, Bensham Manor, and South Norwood.
Midwives Acts, 1902 and 1918.
110 midwives notified the Local Supervising Authority of the;r
intention to practise within the Borough during 1938; 32 ceased
practising in the Borough ; so that 78 remained on the Register
at the end of the year. All these 78 were trained and held the
certificate of the Central Midwives Board..
Under Section 2 (1) of the Midwives and Maternity Homes
Act, 1926, a midwife is enabled to claim compensation for loss of
practice on account of suspension from work to prevent the possible
spread of infection. Two applications were received and payments
of £6 15s. 6d. made therein.
Midwives are also compensated if they lose a case through
admission to a hospital or maternity home on the advice of a doctor.
The sum of £19 3s. was paid out during the year.