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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 WADDON WARD.SOUTH WARD.
CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 MonthsTotal 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 1year
All CausesCertified51...1744221911......2853119
Uncertified............................................................
Small-pox.........................................................
Chicken-pox............................................................
...Measles.........................................................
Scarlet Fever............................................................
Whooping Cough............................................................
Diphtheria and Croup............................................................
Erysipelas............................................................
Tuberculous Meningitis.....................1...1.....................1...1
Abdominal Tuberculosis............................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases........................11..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)............................................................
Convulsions.....................1...1..............................
Laryngitis............................................................
Bronchitis........................11.....................1...1
Pneumonia (all forms)..................1......1..................2...13
Diarrhoea, Enteritis & Gastro Enteritis...............2.........2...............411...6
Gastritis............................................................
Syphilis.............................................2.........2
Rickets............................................................
Suffocation, overlying............................................................
Injury at Birth............................................................
Atelectasis2.........21.........3..............................
Congenital Malformations............................................................
Premature Birth3.........3............311......2............2
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus.........1112......4..................2......2
Other causes...1......1...1......2...............2.........2
51...1744222911......2853119

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*Gross Births in the year
legitimate, 177.
illegitimate, 9.
Nett Deaths in the year
legitimate infants, 12.
illegitimate infants, 7
Gross
Births
legitimate, 219.
illegitimate, 3.
Nett
Heaths
legitimate infants, 4.
illegitimate infants, 15
*The figures of inward and outward transfers are not available for the wards.