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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 1909

[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 1909.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 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.Total Deaths Under One Year.
All Causes.
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Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles.......................................2......2
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria : Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...........................1..................2
Diarrheal Diseases.
Diarrhoea, all forms...............11......1......1.........4
Enteritis (not Tubtrcu-lous).........111...311...1............8
Gastritis...............1..............................1
Wasting Diseases.
Premature Birth1542...2111...........................23
Congenital Defects3...1...42..............................6
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus...1......1223...1...1...1......11
Tuberculous Diseases.
Tuberculous Meningitis........................1.....................1
Tuberculous Peritonitis:
Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous D'ses..............................1...............1
Erysipelas...................................................
Svphilis1...1...2.................................2
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)....................................1.........1
Convulsions21......3...111.....................6
Bronchitis......1123...1............111...9
Laryngitis.........................................................
Pneumonia..................1...111...22...19
Suffocation, overlying...............1..............................1
Other Causes1...113............11...............5
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Population Estimated to middle of 1909 — 30,481.
legitimate, 846. legitimate infants 79.
Births in the year • Deaths in the year of
illegitimate, 61. illegitimate infants, 13.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 462,