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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.—continued.Borough of Croydon—South Norwood Ward District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE V.—continued.

Borough of Croydon—South Norwood 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 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.io-ii Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths Under One Ytar.
All Causes. Certified1831426710111124...3460
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases. Small-pox...................................................
Chit ken-pox...................................................
Measles..........................................1...1
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria : Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough..................1......1...............24
Diarrheal Diseases. Diarrhoea, all forms......1...113............21.........8
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Gastritis.........11.....................1.........2
Wasting Diseases. Premature Birth122...216......1........................17
Congenital Deftcts21......3...1.....................1...5
Injury at Birth1.........1.................................1
Want of Breast-milk...............2..............................2
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus...............14...........................5
Tuberculous Diseases. Tuberculous Meningitis...................................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous D'ses..............................1...............1
Erysipelas...................................................
Svnhilis...................................................
Rickets.............................................11
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)................................................
Convulsions..................1...............1.........2
Bronchitis...............3..................1.........4
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia........................1.....................1
Suffocation, overlaying1.........1.................................1
Other Causes2......13...........................115
1831426710111124...3460

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Births in the year 648.
Population
Estimated to middle of 1905,
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 297.
22,370.