Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE V.—Infantile Mortality during the Year 1906.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 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. | 10—11 Months. | 11—12 Months. | Totals Deaths under One Year. |
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All Causes— | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Certified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Common Infectious Diseases— | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 10 |
Diarrhœal Diseases— | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 15 |
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 21 |
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Wasting Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
Premature Birth | 15 | .. | 4 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26 |
Congenital Defects | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 11 |
Injury at Birth | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 20 |
Tuberculous Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Convulsions | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Bronchitis | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 13 |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Pneumonia | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 | |
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Other Causes | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 8 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
35 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 59 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 170 |
Births in the year—
Legitimate 1596.
Illegitimate 39.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 649.
Deaths in the year of—
Legitimate infants 113.
Illegitimate infants 27
Population—Estimated to middle of 1907, 60,300.