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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: TABLE IV. — Continued.County Borough of Croydon— Central Ward.INFANT MORTALITY.1914. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV. — Continued.

County Borough of Croydon— Central Ward.

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 1 Month.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12Months.Total Deaths Under One Year.
All Causes.
Certified62l110862127
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..............................
Scarlet Fever.................................
Whooping Cough..................1......2
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Convulsions11l.........1......7
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis..............................
Pneumonia (all forms)...............1......2
Diarrhœa..............................
Enteritis..................1......2
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..................1......1
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis2.........2............2
Congenital Malformations11......2............2
Premature Birth2......13............3
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...............31......4
Other causes...............1......12
621110862127
Nett Births in the yearlegitimate,278.Nett Deaths in the year oflegitimate infants25.
illegitimate,12.illegilimate infants2.