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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 WOODSIDE WARD.EAST WARD.
CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 1 Week1-2 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.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 l Year.
All CausesCertified41...162.........82.........2............2
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............................................................
Laryngitis............................................................
Bronchitis...............1.........1..............................
Pneumonia (all forms)............................................................
Diarrhœa , Enteritis & Gastro Enteritis............................................................
Gastritis............................................................
Svphilis.........11............1..............................
Rickets............................................................
Suffocation, overlying ...............................1.........1............1
Injury at birth............................................................
Atelectasis..............................1.........1............1
Congenital Malformations1.........11.........2..............................
Premature Birth2.........3............3..............................
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus1.........1............1..............................
Other causes............................................................
41 ......62.........82.........2............2

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.........*Gross B iths in the year
legitimate, 190.
illegitimate. 11.
Nett Deaths in the year
' legitimate infants, 8.
illegitimate infants, —
Gross
Births
legitimate,
illegitimate
134.
Nett
Deaths
(legitimate infants, 2.
Iillegitimate infants, —
"The figures of inward and outward transfers are not available for the wards.