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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 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TABLE V.—con tinned.Borough of Croydon—Central Ward District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE V.—con tinned.

Borough of Croydon—Central Ward District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905.

Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under I Week.1-2 Wet ks.2-3 Week?.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Mo tlis.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths Under One Year.
All Causes. Certified5231115232233132...37
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases. Small-pox...................................................
Chn ken-pox...................................................
Measles...................................................
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria : Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...............1......1.....................2
Diarrheal Diseases. Diarrhcea, all forms......1...1.........11...11.........5
Enteritis (not Tubercnlous)..................1.........1...............2
Gastritis...................................................
Wasting Diseases, Premature Biith311...51...1........................7
Congenital Defects111...3.................................3
Injury at B rth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus.........113...1.........I......1...6
Tuberculous Diseases. Tuberculous Meningitis...........................1..................1
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other T uberculous D'ses...................................................
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis.......................................1.....1
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions.....................1........................1
Bronchitis..................1...........................1
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia.................................11...12...6
Suffocation, overlaying...................................................
Other Causes1.........1...............1...............2
5231115232233132...37

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Births in the year 344.
Population
Estimated to middle of 1905.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 236.
17,106.