London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Croydon 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

This page requires JavaScript

TABLE III -continued.

INFANT MORTALITY.Deaths in ADDISCOMBE WARD.WHITESHORSE MANOR WARD.
CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks3-4 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.Z-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All CausesCertified521...8...12213621...9322420
Uncertified............................................................
Small-pox...............................................................
Chicken-pox............................................................
Measles............................................................
Scarlet Fever............................................................
Whooping Cough................................................1124
Diphtheria and Croup............................................................
Erysipelas............................................................
Tuberculous Meningitis............................................................
Abdominal Tuberculosis.............................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases............................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................1...1
Convulsions......1...1............1..............................
Laryngitis............................................................
Bronchitis...................................................11
Pneumonia (all forms).....................2...2...............11...13
Diarrhœa, Enteritis & Gastro Enteritis.................................1......1............1
Gastritis...1......1............1..............................
Syphilis............................................................
Rickets............................................................
Suffocation, overlying............................................................
Injury at Birth............................................................
Atelectasis.................................1......1............1
Congenital Malformations............................................................
Premature Birth5.........5............54.........41.........5
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus........................111...l...21.........3
Other causes...1......1...1...131.........1............1
521...6...12213621...9322420

*Gross Births in the year j
legitimate, 174.
illegitimate, 8.
Nett Deaths in the year
legitimate infants, 10.
illegitimate infants, 3.
Gross
Births
legitimate, 325.
illegitimate, 7.
Nett
1 eaths
legitimate infai.ts, 17.
I ill'gitimate infants, 3.
•The figures of inward and outward transfers are not available for the wards.