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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 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TABLE IV.County Borough of Croydon— Whole Borough.INFANT MORTALITY.1919. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV.

County Borough of Croydon— Whole Borough.

INFANT MORTALITY.

1919. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.1 3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.I 3 Months.3-6 Months.1 6-9 Months.9-i2 MonthsTotal Deaths under 1 Year.
All Causes.
Certified6320101110449331419219
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..............................
Scarlet Fever........................11
Whooping Cough........................11
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..................1......1
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1......1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)........................11
Convulsions3.........552...113
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis......112674221
Pneumonia (all forms)...............563620
Diarrhœa.........22...4118
Enteritis...............441110
Gastritis.........1111......3
Syphilis.........112111...5
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying2.........3............3
Injury at Birth1.........1............1
Atelectasis2.........4............4
Congenital Malformations3.........3......1...4
Premature Birth41533527.........59
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus4622141232334
Other causes743115831229
6320101110449331419219

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legitimate 2783.
Nett Births in the year-! Nett Deaths in the year of
V illegitimate 225.
legitimate infants, 185.
illegitimate infants 34.