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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 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TABLE IV. - Continued County Borough of Croydon—East Ward.INFANT MORTALITY.1917. Nett Deaths from staled causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV. - Continued County Borough of Croydon—East Ward.

INFANT MORTALITY.

1917. Nett Deaths from staled causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Under i 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 MonthsTotal Deaths under 1 Year.
All Causes. Certified622111352122
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..............................
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..............................
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Convulsions......112...1......4
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis..................1......2
Pneumonia (all forms)..............................
Diarrhoea...........................1
Enteritis..................2......2
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying2.........2............3
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis..................1......1
Congenital Malformations1.........1............1
Premature Birth3.........5............5
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus......1...1............1
Other causes.....................112
622111352122

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Nett Births in the year
legitimate, 340.
illegitimate, 17.
Nett Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants, 14.
illegitimate infants, 8.