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Table: TABLE V.—Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One YearofAge.

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TABLE V.—Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908.

Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One YearofAge.

CAUSE OF DEATH.	Under 1 Week	1—2 Weeks.	2—3 Weeks.	3—4 Weeks.	Total under 1 Month.	1—2 Months.	2—3 Months.	3—4 Months.	4—5 Months	5 6 Months.	6—7 months.	7—8 Months.	8—9 Months.	9-10 Months.	10—11 Months.	11—12 Months.	Totals Deaths under One Year.
All Causes—
Certified	19	11	6	3	39	8	2	8	11	4	8	3	6	5	5	7	126
Uncertified	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Common Infectious Diseasss—
Small Pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chicken Pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	2	..	2	7
Scarlet Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) ..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Whooping Cough	..	..	1..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	3
Diarrhceal Diseases—
Diarrhoea, all forms	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	5
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro enteritis ..	..	..	..	..	2	1	6	..	1	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	13
Gastritis, Gastro-intistinal Catarrh ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth	11	3	2	..	16	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	18
Congenital Defects	4	..	..	1	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	1	..	..	9
Injury at Birth	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus	2	1	..	1	4	3	2	..	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	12
Tuberculous Diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	5
Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other Tuberculous Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1		..	..	..	..	..	1	2
Other Causes —
Erysipelas	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Syphilis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rickets	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Convulsions	1	1	1	..	3	..	2	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8
Bronchitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	4	1	2	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	8
Laryngitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	l
Pneumonia	..	..	..	1	1	1	1	2	..	..	1	1	2	1	2	1	13
Suffocation, overlying	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4
Other Causes	..	3	..	..	3	..	3	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	12
	19	11	6	3	39	8	22	8	11	4	8	3	6	5	5	7	126

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Birthi in the year—
Legitimate 1460.
Illegitimate 27.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 584.
Deaths in the year of—
Legitimate infants 112.
Illegitimate infants 14.
Population—Estimated to middle of 1908, 57,600.

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Croydon 1908

Table: TABLE V.—Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One YearofAge.

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