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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE IV.
INFANT MORTALITY.
1914. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under Month. | 1-3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total Deaths Under 1 Year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | ||||||||||||
| Certified | 75 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 127 | 66 | 74 | 26 | 26 | 319 | ||
| Uncertified | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ||
| Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | ... | |||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ... | 3 | 12 | |||
| Diphtheria and Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | |||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | i | 1 | 3 | ||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Convulsions | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 28 | |||
| Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Bronchitis | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | |||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 30 | ||
| Diarrhœa | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 7 | ||
| Enteritis | ... | ... | "2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 11 | "2 | 36 | ||
| Gastritis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | ||
| Syphilis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ||
| Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Suffocation, overlying | l | ... | i | 2 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 7 | |||
| Injury at birth | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22 | ... | ... | 29 | ||||
| Atelectasis | 18 | 4 | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | ||||
| Congenital Malformations | 5 | 3 | 1 | ... | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | ||
| Premature Birth | 33 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 51 | ||||
| Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 1 | i | 49 | ||
| Other causes | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 4 | 2 | 4 | ... | 4 | 14 | ||
| 75 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 127 | 66 | 74 | 26 | 26 | 319 | |||
| Nett Births in the year | legitimte, | 3819. | Nett Deaths in the year of | legitimate infants | 287. | |||||||
| illegitimate, | 208. | illegitimate infant, | 32 | |||||||||