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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—North Ward District.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1908.Deaths from stated Causes in Week? and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE V.— continued.

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

Deaths from stated Causes in Week? 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 Under One Year.
All Causes.
Certified11532216332632426563
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles......................................2......114
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough........................1............1...13
Diarrhœal Diseases.
Diarrhoea, all forms.........11......2...2..................5
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)..............................1...1...1...3
Gastritis..............................1............12
Wasting Diseases.
Premature Birth82...1111..............................12
Congenital Defects...1......31..................1.........5
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility Marasmus...11...212......2..................7
Tuberculous Diseases.
Tuberculous Meningitis.......................................1......1
Tuberculous Peritonitis:
Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous D'ses...................................................
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...............1..............................1
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions...................................................
Bronchitis...11...211...........................4
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia......1...11...1121...1...3213
Suffocatiion, overlying...................................................
Other causes1.........1.....................1...1...3
11532216332632426563
Population Estimated to middle of 1908—22,078.

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Births in the year legitimate, 557. illegitimate,76*. Deaths in the year of legitimate infants, 57.
illegitimate infants, 6.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 256.
*Including 58 at the Workhouse Infirmary.