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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 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TABLE V.—continued.County Borough of Croydon—North Ward District.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under 0ne Year of Age

TABLE V.—continued.

County Borough of Croydon—North Ward District.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under 0ne Year of Age

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 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.Total Deaths Under One Year.
All Causes.
Certified115......1633232212......137
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...................................................
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough.................................1............1
Darrhœal Diseases,
Diarrhœa, all forms....................................1......1...
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)...........................1......1.........2
Gastritis...................................................
Wasting Diseases.
Premature Birth42......6.................................6
Congenital Defects3.........31..............................4
Injury at Birth2.........2....................................
Want of Breast milk........................1.....................1
Atrophy, Debility Marasmus...2......22...1...1............1...7
Tuberculous Diseases
Tuberculous Meningitis...................................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis:
Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous D'ses...................................................
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...1......1.................................1
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis(not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions1.........1...1...1.....................3
bronchitis..................1.........1...............2
Laryngitis................................................
Pneumonia.....................1..................1...2
Suffocation, overlying...................................................
Other causes1.........1...1...1...1...............4
115......1633232212...2137

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Population Estimated to middle of 1910—23,199.
legitimate, 676. legitimate Infants, 32
Births in the year Deaths in the year of
(illegitimate, 71.* illegitimate inlants 5
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 256.
†Including 31 at the Workhouse Infirmary.
* Including 51 „ „