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Croydon 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TABLE V.—Infantile Mortality during the Year 1910.

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.1 11—12 Months.Totals Deaths under One Year.
All Couses-
Certified or Inquest2012534016682304532498
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious Diseases-
Small Pox..................................
Chicken Pox..........1....................1
Measles..................................
Scarlet Fever................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)..............................11
Whooping Cough..........12..................3
• Diarrhoeal Diseases—
Diarrhœa, all forms..........2......11..1......5
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis............1311..4..1....11
Gastritis, Gastro-intostinal Catarrh........................1......1
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth124....161....................17
Congenital Defects12..141....................5
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation..................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus553..13311..............119
Tuberculous Diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis..........1............1......2
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenteric..........................1....1
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................................
Other Causes—
Erysipelas..........1....................1
Syphilis..................................
Bickets..................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..........1............1......2
Convulsions11....2..........1..........3
Bronchitis••........2..1........1....15
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia....1..12..1..13....12112
Suffocation, overlying......11..2..................3
Other Causes1..113......1..............6
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Births in the year— Deaths in the year of—
Legitimate 1437. Legitimate infants 92.
Illegitimate 29. Illegitimate infants 6.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 567. Population—Estimated to middle of 1910, 63,600.