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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 1918

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TABLE IV.— ContinuedCounty Borough of Croydon—Central Ward.INFANT MORTALITY 1918. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV.— Continued

County Borough of Croydon—Central Ward.

INFANT MORTALITY 1918. 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.
Certified31......4423...13
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..............................
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..................1......1
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............1.........1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Convulsions...1......1...l......2
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis..............................
Pneumonia (all forms)...............1...1...2
Diarrhœa..............................
Enteritis.....................1...1
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, everlaying..............................
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations..............................
Premature Birth2.........2............2
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1.........12.........3
Other causes.....................1...1
31......442313

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Nett Births in the year
legitimate, 192.
illegitimate, 13.
Nett Deaths in the year
legitimate infants, 13.
illegitimate infants, —,