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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 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TABLE IV.— Continued.County Borough of Croydon—South Ward.INFANT MORTALITY.1915. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV.— Continued.

County Borough of Croydon—South Ward.

INFANT MORTALITY.

1915. 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.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All Causes.
Certified..............................
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..................11...2
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..............................
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Convulsions...............1...1...2
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...............1.........1
Pneumonia (all forms)...............411...6
Diarrhœa.....................1...1
Enteritis...............111...3
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Injury at birth..............................
Atelectasis..............................
Congental Malformation..............................
Premature Birth7...1...8............8
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus2.........2............2
Other causes.........1111...14
9...1111845129

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legitimate, 304. legitimate infants, 27.
Nett Births in the year Nett Deaths in the year of
illegitimate, 4. illegitimate infants, 2.