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Croydon 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Comments on Table I.
Cbrrections 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 Addington (78), Thornton
Heath (64), and Waddon (59); lowest in Norbury (15), South
Norwood (20), and Central (26).
The Infantile Mortality rate was above the average for the
whole Borough in the following Wards: Upper Norwood, Thornton
Heath, Woodside, Addiscoinbe, Whitehorse Manor, Waddon,
South, and Addington.
Birth-rates were highest in South Norwood, Whitehorse
Manor, and Waddon; lowest in Norbury, Upper Norwood, and
Woodside.
The general death-rate was highest in South, Central, and
Whitehorse Manor; lowest in Addington, Norbury, and West
Thornton.
The death-rate was above the average for the whole Borough
in the following Wards: Bensbam Manor, South Norwood, Whitehorse
Manor, Broad Green, Central, and South.
The death-rate from Diarrhoea was highest in Addiscoinbe
and Addington; from Bronchitis and Pneumonia in Whitehorse
Manor, Central, and South; friom Pulmonary Tuberculosis in
Whitehorse Manor, South, and Thornton Heath; from Non-Pulmonary
Tuberculosis in Central and West Thornton ; from Diseases
of the Heart a.nd Circulation in Central, South, and East; from
Nervous Diseases in Central and East; from Cancer in Bensham
Manor and South.