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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 South (71), Woodside (66),
Bensham Manor (63), Whitehorse Manor (60); lowest in Adding.
ton (15), East and Central (30).
The Infantile Mortality rate was above the average for the
whole Borough in the following Wards: West Thornton, Bensham
Manor, South Norwood, Woodside, Whitehorse Manor, Waddon,
and South.
Birth-rates were highest in Waddon, Thornton Heath, and
South Norwood; lowest in Norbury, Upper Norwood, East, South,
and Woodside.
The general death.rate was highest in Whitehorse Manor,
South Norwood, Waddon, and South ; lowest in Upper Norwood
and Central, East and West Thornton.
The death.rate was above the average for the whole Borough
in the following Wards: Bensham Manor, Thornton Heath, South
Norwood, Whitehorse Manor, Waddon and South.
Most persons to the acre in Broad Green, White horse Manor,
Thornton Heath, and Bensham Manor; least in East, South, and
Upper Norwood.
Addington, owing to its relatively scanty population, has not
been included for purposes of comparison.
The birth.rate is the same as last year, which was the lowest
recorded up to that time.
The death.rate from Zymotic diseases was highest in Waddon,
South Norwood, and Whitehorse Manor; from Diarrhoea in Bensham
Manor, Whitehorse Manor, and South ; from Bronchitis and
Pneumonia in Whitehorse Manor, South Norwood, and Thornton
Heath; from Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Waddon, Norbury, and
Broad Green; from Non.Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Central and
Whitehorse Manor; from Diseases of the Heart and Circulation in
South Norwood, Whitehorse Manor, and Addiscombe; from
Nervous Diseases in South and Thornton Heath; from Cancer in
Bensham Manor, South Norwood, and Addiscombe.