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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.— Continued.County Borough of Croydon—Upper Norwood.INFANT MORTALITY.1919. Neitrt. Deaths from seated Causes at vaniouis Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV.— Continued.

County Borough of Croydon—Upper Norwood.

INFANT MORTALITY.

1919. Neitrt. Deaths from seated Causes at vaniouis Ages under One Year of Age.

CAUSES OF DEATH.U nder 1 W eek1-2 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 Under 1 Year.
All Causes.
Certified31...1521......8
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pex..............................
Measles..............................
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..............................
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculos)..............................
Convulsions..............................
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis..............................
Pneumonia (all forms)..............................
Diarrhœa..............................
Enteritis..................1......1
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Injury at birth.................................
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations..............................
Premature Birth1.........21.........3
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus.........11l.........2
Other causes2.........2............2
31...1521......8

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(Nett Births in the year legitimate, 106.
illegitimate, 4.
legitimate infants, 7.
Nett Deaths in the year
illegitimate infants, 1