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Croydon 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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

TABLE V.— continned.

County Borough of Croydon—Thornton Heath 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 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 Under One Year.
All Causes.
Certified1422119663522231153
Uncertified...................................................
Com men Infections Diseases.
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles.................................11.........2
Scarlet Fever................................................
Diphtheria: Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...............1.........1...............13
Diarrheal Diseases.
Diarrhœa, all forms..................1......11...............3
Enteritis (not Tuberculous....................................1.........1
Gastritis...................................................
Washing Diseases.
Premature Birth8...2...10.................................10
Congenital Defects12......3111........................6
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus...............2313......1...1......11
Tuberculous Diseases.
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................1...............1
Tuberculous Peritonitis:
Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous D'ses...................................................
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis..................1...1.....................2
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions...............1......1.....................2
Bronchitis...............1..............................1
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia1.........12..............................3
Suffocation. overlying...................................................
Other Causes4......151...1............1.........8
1422119963522231153
Population Estimated to middle of 1908—17,521.

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Births in the year legitimate, 483. illegitimate, 9. Deaths in the year of legitimate infants, 49.
illegitimate infants, 4.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 231.