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Croydon 1918

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TAB LE IV. - Continued.

County Borough of Croydon—Thornton Heath.

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 Week6.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months.3-6 Monthe.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths Under 1 Year.
All Causes.
Certified31116534321
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..............................
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..............................
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningit s (not Tuberculous)..............................
Convulsions...............11......2
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...............11......2
Pneumonia (all forms)...............1...214
Diarrhœa........................11
Enteritis...............1.........1
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations...............1.........1
Premature Birth......114......1...5
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...1......1............1
Other causes1.........1...1114
3l116534321

Nett Births in the year
legitimate, 223.
illegitimate, 16.
Nett Deaths in the year
legitimate infants 19.
illegitimate infants, 2.