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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.

INFANT MORTALITY.Deaths in THORNTON HEALTH WARDSOUTH NORWOOD WARD.
CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 1 Week1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months.3-6 Monthe,6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths Under 1 Year.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.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 CausesCertified3.........333...110611...8212114
(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....................................1...11.........2
Laryngitis............................................................
Bronchitis............................................................
Pneumonia all forms)...............11......2...............1113
Diarrhœa, Enteritis & Gastro Enteritis...............11......21.........1............1
Gastritis............................................................
Syphilis..................1......1..............................
Rickets............................................................
Suffocation, overlying1.........1............1..............................
Injury at Birth..........................................1......1...1
Atelectasis.................................1......1............1
Congenital Malformations.............................................1.........1
Premature Birth2.........2............24.........4............4
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...............1.........1..............................
Other causes........................111.........1............1
3.........333...110611...8212114

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*Gross Births in the year
legitimate, 212.
[ illegitimate, 6.
Nett Deaths in the year
legitimate infants, 8.
illegitimate infants, 2.
Gross
Births
legitimate, 223.
illegitimate, 11.
Nett
Deaths
legitimate infants, 13.
illegitimate infants, 1.
*The figures of inward and outward transfers are not available for the wards.