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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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes— | |||||||||||||||||
| Certified or Inquest | 25 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 130 |
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Common Infectious Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Diarrhœal Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Enteritis, Muco-entaritis, Gastro-enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
| Gastritis, Gastro-intsstinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Wasting Diseases- | |||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 10 | 3 | .. | .. | 13 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 |
| Congenital Defects | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
| Injury at Birth | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
| Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 4 | 2 | .. | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | O | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 21 |
| Tuberculous Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | ...... | 5 | |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Other Causes— | |||||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | ...... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Syphilis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Convulsions | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .... | 7 | |
| Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21 | ||
| Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Causes | .. | .... | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 130 |
Births in the year-
Legitimate 1480.
Illegitimate 33.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 545.
Deaths in the year of—
Legitimate infants 116.
Illegitimate infants 14.
Population—Estimated to middle of 1909, 60,300,