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Croydon 1918

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TABLE IV.— Continued.

County Borough of Croydon—South Ward.

INFANT MORTALITY.

1919. 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.
Certified6.........6443...17
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..............................
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..............................
Diphtheria and Croup..................1......1
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Convulsions..............................
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis..............................
Pneumonia (all forms)...............1.........1
Diarrhœa..............................
Enteritis..............................
Gastritis..................1......1
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Injury at birth..............................
Atelectasis1.........1...1......2
Congenital Malformations1.........1......1...2
Premature Birth2.........2............2
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus1.........13116
Other causes1.........1......1...2
0.........6443...17

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Nett Births in the year
legitimate, 221.
[illegitimate, 11.
Nett Deaths in he year
legitimate infants, 12.
Illegitimate infants, 5.