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Croydon 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TABLE V.— continued.

County Borough of Croydon—South Ward District.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910.

Heaths 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.Total Deaths Under One Year.
All Causes.
Certified911...113132132......1330
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles.................................1.........12
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...........................1...............12
Diarrhœal Diseases.
Diarthœa, all forms........................2...2...............4
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Gastritis......1...1...1..............................
Wasting Diseases.
Premature Birth71......81..............................9
Congenital Defects1.........1.................................1
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Mar asmus...............1...1........................2
Tuberculous Diseases.
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................1...............1
Tuberculous Peritonitis:
Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous D'ses...................................................
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions...................................................
Bronchitis................................................
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...............1...1..................1...3
Suffocation, overlying...................................................
Other Cause1.........1..................1.........13
911...113132132......1330

Population Estimated to middle of 1930-20 943.
legitimate, 372. legitimae infants, 29.
Deaths in the year of
illegitimate, 4. illegitimate infants, 1.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 180.