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Croydon 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TABLE IV.— Continued.

County Borough of Croydon—Central Ward.

INFANT MORTALITY.

1915. Nett Deaths from stated Causesatvarious 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.9-12 Months.Total Deaths Under 1 Year.
All Causes.
Certified8…3…11345225
Uncertified………………………...
Small-pox…………………………
Chicken-pox…………………………
Measles…………………………
Scarlet Fever…………………………
Whooping Cough…………………………
Diphtheria and Croup…………………………
Erysipelas……………………11
Tuberculous Meningitis…………………1…1
Abdominal Tuberculosis…………………………
Other Tuberculous Diseases…………………1…1
Meningitis [not Tuberculous)…………………1…1
Convulsions2………21………3
Laryngitis…………………………
Bronchitis………………11…2
Pneumonia (all forms)………………1I…2
Diarrhœa………………………
Enteritis………………2…13
Gastritis…………………...……
Syphilis…………………………
Rickets…………………………
Suffocation, overlying…………………………
Injury at birth…………………………
Atelectasis…………………………
Congenital Malformations1……………………1
Premature Birth5………5…………5
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus……3…3…………3
Other causes……………2………2
8…3…11345225

Nett Births in the year legitimate . 255 Nett Deaths in the year legitimate, 23.
illegitimate, 9. illegimate, 2.