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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: T ABLE V. —-continued.Borough of Croydon—East Ward District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905.Deaths from stated Cau-es in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

T ABLE V. —-continued.

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

Deaths from stated Cau-es in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 We-kst3-4 Wetks.Total Numbtr i Month.1-2 Mo- tns.2-3 Mo ths.3-4 Mon hs.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 M nth®.8-9 Month*.q-to Months.10-ir Months.n-12 Monrlis.Tota' Deaths Under One Year.
All Causes. Certified62121132...31......222230
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases. Small-pox...................................................
Cliicken-pox...................................................
Measles....................................1.........1
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria : Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...................................................
Diar hceal Diseases. Diarrhoea, all forms...........................1...2......1...4
Enteritis, (not Tuberculous)....................................1.........1
Gastritis...................................................
Wasting Diseases. Premature Birth...11...61..............................7
Congenital Defects...................................................
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk...............1..............................1
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus.........111..............................2
Tuberculous Diseases. Tuberculous Meningitis...................................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenteriea...................................................
Other Tuberculous D'ses........................1.....................1
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).............................................11
Convulsions........................1.....................1
Bronchitis.........11...1...........................2
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...1......1...1...............2...15
Suffocation, overlaying...................................................
Other Causes2.........2.........1...............1...4
62121132...31...2222230

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Births in the year 387.
Population.
Estimted to midd eof 1905
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages161.
16,983.