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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 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TABLE III.— continued.

TABLE III.— continued.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-3 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Mouths.9-12 Months.Total Deaths Under One yearUnder 1 Week1-2 Weeks.7-3 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 CausesCertified5......1614421731......411219
Uncertified............................................................
Small-pox............................................................
Chicken-pox............................................................
Measles........................11..............................
Scarlet Fever............................................................
Whooping Cough............................................................
Diphtheria and Croup............................................................
Erysipelas............................................................
Tuberculous Meningitis............................................................
Abdominal Tuberculosis............................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases............................................................
Meningitis (not Tuiereulous)............................................................
Convulsions1.........1............1..............................
Laryngitis............................................................
Bronchitis............1............1..............................
Pneumonia (all forms)..................1315..................11...2
Diarrhoea, Enteritis & Gastro Enteritis...............12......3..............................
Gastritis............................................................
Syphilis............................................................
Rickets.....................1...1..............................
Soffocation, overlying............................................................
Injury at Birth............................................................
Atelectasis..............................1.........1............1
Congenital Malformations1.........1...1......2...............1.........1
Premature Birth3.........3............321......3............3
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus ..............................................................
Other causes...................................................112
5......l614421731......411219

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*Gross Births in the year.
legitimate, 241.
illegitimate, 73.
Nett Deaths in the year
legitimate infants, 15.
illegitimate infants, 2.
Gross
Births
legitimate, 189.
illegitimate, 3.
Nett
Death;
f legitimate infants, 8.
I illegitimate infants, 1.
*The figures of inward and outward transfers are not available for the wards.