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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— South Norwood 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— South Norwood 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.
Certified162......18621l322...12139
Uncertified................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles.................................1............1
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria : Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...............1..............................1
Diarrheal Diseases.
Diarrhoea, all forms...1......11..............................2
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)..................1...........................1
Gastritis..............................1...............1
Wasting Diseases.
Premature Birth10.........10.................................10
Congenital Defects5.........5.........1.....................6
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility Marasmus...............2..............................2
Tuberculous Diseases
Tuberculous Meningitis..........................................1...1
Tuberculous Peritonitis:
Tabes Mesenterica ....................................................
Other Tuberculous D'ses...................................................
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions1.........1...1......1..................3
Bronchitis.....................1........................1
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...............1.........211...1......6
Suffocation, overlying...............1..............................1
Other causes...1......1...........................113
162......186211322...12139

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Population Estimated to middle of 1909— 24,195.
legitimate, 646. legitimate Infants, 36.
Births in the year Deaths in the year of
illegitimate, 8. illegitimate inlants, 3,
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 267.