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Croydon 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE B
gives the same information expressed in percentages.
| All infants investigated under 6 months. | Infants dying from Diarrhoea Diseases. | Infants dying from other than Diarrheal Diseases. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Fed only | 68 | 27 | 68 |
| Breast and subsequently Cow's Milk. | 7 | 30 | 7 |
| Ditto Condensed Milk | 3 | - | 3 |
| Ditto Other foods | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| Breast and simultaneously Cow's Milk | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Ditto Condensed Milk | 0 | — | — |
| Ditto Other foods | 2 | — | — |
| Entirely Hand Fed—Cow's Milk | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Ditto Condensed Milk | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| Ditto Other foods | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| 100 | 100 | 100 |
There is a satisfactory increase in the percentage of purely
breast fed infants (see Table B) and the mortality as before falls
most likely on this group.
Apart from diarrhoeal deaths the mortality is not disproportionately
heavy in any one group of infants classified according to
methods of feeding.
DEATH CERTIFICATION
All deaths in the Borough were certified by the Medical
Attendant or by the Coroner.
INQUESTS
were held in 193 instances, or 10.6 per cent, of the total deaths.
THE ASSIGNED CAUSES OF DEATH
are fully set out in Tables IV., V. and VI., but certain of them
require special comment.
SMALLPOX
Smallpox has been absent from the Borough since April, 1906.