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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—Thornton Heath.

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 One Year.
All Causes.
Certified64…313655938
Uncertified…………………………
Small-pox…………………………
Chicken-pox…………………………
Measles…1………………23
Scarlet Fever…………………………
Whooping Cough…………………1…1
Diphtheria and Croup…………………………
Erysipelas………………………...
Tuberculous Meningitis…………………………
Abdominal Tuberculosis…………………………
Other Tuberculous Diseases………………………...
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)…………………………
Convulsions………11………23
Laryngitis…………………………
Bronchitis……………1………1
Pneumonia (all forms)……………2…248
Diarrhœa…………………………
Enteritis………………1……1
Gastritis……………1………1
Syphilis…………………………
Rickets…………………………
Suffocation, overlying…………1…11…3
injury at Birth…………………………
Atelectasis…………………………
Congenital Malformations…1……1…………1
Premature Birth…1……511……7
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus………2211……4
Other causes11……2…1115
64…313655938

legitimate, 366. legitimate infants, 32.
Nett Births in the year Nett Deaths in the year
illegitimate, 19. illegitimate infants, 6.