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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—Central Ward District.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1908. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One YearofAge.

TABLE V.— continued.

County Borough of Croydon—Central Ward District.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 Month*.to-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deths ??? One Year.
All Causes.
Certified31...15514231......2...124
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...................................................
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria : Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough.......................................1......1
Diarrhœal Diseases.
Diarrhœa, all forms...............1......1.....................2
Enteritis (not Tuberculous').....................1...1..................2
Gastritis...............1..............................1
Wasting Diseases.
Premature Birth21......3.........1...1...............5
Congenital Defects...........................1..................1
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility Marasmus...............112........................4
Tuberculous Diseases
Tuberculous Meningitis...................................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis:...................................................
Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous D'ses...................................................
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...............1..............................1
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions...........................1.........1...13
Bronchitis...............1..............................1
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia.........11......1........................2
Suffocation, overlying...................................................
Other causes1.........1.................................1
31...15514231......2...024

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Population Estimated to middle of 1908—17,310.
Births in the year
legitimate, 332.
Deaths in the year of
illegitimate, 8.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages ... 209.
legitimate infants, 19.
illegitimate inlants, 5.