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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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x Analysed these deaths were due to hooping Cough 1; Cerebro-Spinal
Fever 2; and Tuberculosis(Meningitis) 1.
1 Analysed these deaths were due to Diarrhoea 9; Pyloric Stenosis 1;
Intestinal obstruction 1 and Peritonitis 1.
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The following, table gives the causes of death during the first month of life:-
| 1. COMPLICATIONS OF LAB0TTR Trauma at birth | 7 | |||
| -7 | ||||
| II. FOETAL STATES. Congenital Heart Malformation Other Congenital Deformities Atelectasis etc. | 4 | |||
| 4 | ||||
| 6 | ||||
| -14 | ||||
| III. PREMATURITY | 22 | |||
| —22 | ||||
| IV. POST-NATAL CAUSES | 13 | |||
| —13 | ||||
| 56 | ||||
| Percentage Deaths per Total Infantile Deaths | Deaths per 1,000 Births | |||
| 1940 | 1939 | 1940 | 1939 | |
| Premature Births | 19.8 | 23.1 | 7.8 | 9.0 |
| Respiratory Diseases (Pneumonia and Bronchitis) | 23.3 | 15.4 | 9.2 | 6.0 |
| Infectious Diseases (inc .Tuberculosis.) | 3.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| Atelectasis, Debility and Marasmus, | 9.5 | 16.2 | 3.7 | 6.6 |
| Diseases of Digestion. Injury at Birth and | 10.3 | 17.7 | 4.1 | 6.9 |
| Congenital. | 17.2 | 16.2 | 6.8 | 6 .3 |