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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 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: DEATHS UNDER ONE YEAR, ARRANGED IN DAYS, WEEKS AND MONTHS

DEATHS UNDER ONE YEAR, ARRANGED IN DAYS, WEEKS AND MONTHS

CAUSES OP DEATH1st day2nd day3rd day4th day5th day6th day7th day8th-14th day15th-21st day22nd-28th dayUnder l mnth.1-2 mnths.2-3 mnths.3-4 mnths.4-5 mnths.5-6 mnths.6-7 mnths.7-8 mnths.8-9 mnths.9-10 mnths.10-11 mnths.11-12 mnths.TOTAL
All Causes17721-3-3213655673-3-1-167
Polio-Encephalitis------------1---------1
Chicken Pox-----------------------
Measles-----------------------
Scarlet Fever-----------------------
Whooping Cough-----------------------
Diphtheria and Croup-----------------------
Tuberculous Meningitis-----------------------
Abdominal Tuberculosis-----------------------
Other Tuberculous Diseases-----------------------
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)-------------1--------1
Convulsions-----------------1----1
Laryngitis-----------------------
Bronchitis-----------------------
Pneumonia (all forms)---1-1--1-323222------14
Diarrhoea and Enteritis---------11---2.------14
Gastritis----------------------
syphilis-----------------------
Rickets-----------------------
Congenital Malformations1-1--1--1-411311-1-1--13
Premature Birth1061----2--192----------21
Atrophy, Atelectasis, Debility and Marasmus2---------2-----------2
Injury at Birth1----1-1--3-----------3
Haemorrhagic disease of newborn31--------4-----------4
Other causes----------------------1
TOTALS17721-3-3213655673-3-1-167