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Croydon 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TABLE V.—Infantile Mortality during the Year 1909.

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.Totals Deaths under One Year.
All Causes—
Certified or Inquest255464015887710681065130
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious Diseases—
Small Pox................................
Chicken Pox..................................
Measles ........................121..4
Scarlet Fever......................1......1
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)..............................11
Whooping Cough....................1..........1
Diarrhœal Diseases—
Diarrhœa, all forms..............1....1..........2
Enteritis, Muco-entaritis, Gastro-enteritis..........2..12..11......7
Gastritis, Gastro-intsstinal Catarrh..........1..................1
Wasting Diseases-
Premature Birth103....133....................16
Congenital Defects2....24..11......1........7
Injury at Birth5......51....................6
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation....2..21................1..4
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus42..8921O23....2......21
Tuberculous Diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis................2....111......5
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica..................1..............1
Other Tuberculous Diseases..........1..................1
Other Causes—
Erysipelas................................11
Syphilis1......111....................3
Rickets......................1........1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..........1....................1
Convulsions3..1..4..1............2......7
Bronchitis..........2......23..111111
Laryngitis................................
Pneumonia..........2..3..212243221
Suffocation, overlying..................................
Other Causes......112..2......3..........7
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Births in the year-
Legitimate 1480.
Illegitimate 33.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 545.
Deaths in the year of—
Legitimate infants 116.
Illegitimate infants 14.
Population—Estimated to middle of 1909, 60,300,