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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 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TABLE V.— continued.County Borough of Croydon—West Ward District.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1908.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE V.— continued.

County Borough of Croydon—West Ward District.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1908.

Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

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.Total Deaths ???Year.
All Causes. Certified20576381011869857569122
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pex...................................................
Measles...............1.........1.........1148
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria : Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough................................................3
Diarrhœal Diseases.
Diarrhœa, all forms...............21121...2...12...12
Enteritis (not Tuberculous..................2......11...............4
Gastritis...1...231.........2...1...1...8
Wasting Diseases.
Premature Birth1321117...2...........................19
Congenital Defects312...6...111.....................9
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus1...214125...411...11...20
Tuberculous Diseases.
Tuberculous Meningiti.........22...........................114
Tuberculous Peritonitis:
Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous D'ses..............................1...............1
Erysipelas...................................................
Svphilis.....................1........................1
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...........................1...11.........3
Convulsions111...31..................1.........5
Bronchitis...............11...1......1.........15
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...............2......112............111
Suffocation, overlying1.........1...1...1.....................3
Other Causes1...1...211.........1............16
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Population Estimated to middle of 1908 -29,723.
Births in the year
legitimate, 890. legitimae infants, 111
Deaths in the year of
illegitimate, 27. illegitimate infants. 11
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 491.