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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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T able LXXXVII. D eaths under one year, arranged in days, weeks and months.
| CAUSES OF DEATH | 1st day. | 2nd day. | 3rd day. | 4tb day. | 5th day. | 6th day. | 7th day. | lst-2nd wk. | 2nd 3rd wk. | 3rd-4th wk. | Under 1 month. | 1-2 mths. | 2-3 mths. | 3-4 mths. | 4-5 mths. | 5-6 mths. | 6-7 mths. | 7-8 mths. | 8-9 mths. | 9-10 mths. | 10-11 mths. | 11-12 mths. | total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Certified | 28 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 83 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 148 |
| Uncertified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Chicken-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 2 | |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Meningitis [not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | l | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25 | ||
| Dianboea and Enteiitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | l | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | l | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 18 | |
| Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Syphilis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Congenital Malformations | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 11 | |
| Premature Birth | 18 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 46 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 47 | |
| Atrophy, Atelectasis, Debility, and Marasmus | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 12 | l | l | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | |
| Injury at birth | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
| Other causes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 12 | |