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Croydon 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TABLE IV. —Continued.

County Borough of Croydon—South Norwood.

INFANT MORTALITY.

1917. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

CAUSES OK DEATH.Under 1 Week,1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths 1 under One Year.
All Causes.
Certified811....10453....22
Uncertified.......................................
Small-pox........................................
Chicken-pox........................................
Measles........................................
Scarlet Fever........................................
Whooping Cough........................1........1
Diphtheria and Croup.......................................
Erysipelas........................................
Tuberculous Meningitis........................1........1
Abdominal Tuberculosis........................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases........................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)........................................
Convulsions2............2....1........3
Laryngitis1............1...............1
Bronchitis...........................1....1
Pneumonia (all forms)...............................1....3
Diarrhoea.......................................
Enteritis........................................
Gastritis........................11....2
Syphilis........................................
Rickets........................................
Suffocation, overlying....................2............2
Injury at Birth1............1................1
Atelectasis........................................
Congenital Malformations1....1....2................2
Premature Birth3I........4................4
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus.......................1........1
Other causes........................................
811....10453....22

Nett Births in the year.
legitimate, 433.
illegitimate, 18.
Nett Deaths in the Year
legitimate infants, 21.
illegitimate infants, 1.