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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 BROAD GREEN WARD.CENTRAL WARD.
CAUSES OF DEATH.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.9-2 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 undeT 1 Year.
All CausesCertified2...21510223224.........413......8
Uncertified............................................................
Small-pox............................................................
Chicken-pox............................................................
Measles........................11..............................
Scarlet Fever ...............................................................
Whooping Cough...............1.........1..............................
Diphtheria and Croup............................................................
Erysipelas............................................................
Tuberculous Meningitis.....................1...1..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis............................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)............................................................
Convulsions............................................................
Laryngitis............................................................
Bronchitis............................................................
Pneumonia (all forms)...............3......25..................1......1
Diarrhoea Enteritis & Gastro Enteritis.........111...1...3..................1......1
Gastritis............................................................
Syphilis................................................1......1
Rickets...............................................................
Suffocation, overlying............................................................
Injury at Hirth..............................2.........2............2
Atelectasis1.........1............11.........1............1
Congenital Malformations..................2......2..............................
Premature Birth1.........12.........31.........1............1
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus......1...13.........4...............1.........1
Other causes .......1...1............1..............................
2...21510223224.........413......8

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...#Gross Births in the year
legitimate, 584.
illegitimate, 15.
Nett Deaths in 'he year
legitimate infants, 21.
illegitimate infants, 1.
Gross
Births '
legitimate, 213.
illegitimate, 2.
Nett
Deaths
legitimate infants, 8.
illegitimate infants, —
*The figures of inward and outward transfers are not available for the wards.