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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 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TABLE III.— continued.INFANT MORTALITY.Deaths in WOODSIDE WARD.EAST WARD.

TABLE III.— continued.

INFANT MORTALITY.

Deaths in WOODSIDE WARD.

EAST WARD.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 1 Week1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 We eke.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months.3-6 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 Mouths.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths Under 1 Year.
All CausesCertified511...7...1...193...1...4............4
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............................................................
Pneumonia (all forms)1.........1...1......2..............................
Diarrhœa, Enteritia & Gastro Enteritis........................11..............................
Gastritis............................................................
Syphilis............................................................
Rickets............................................................
Suffocation, overlying............................................................
Injury at birth............................................................
Atelectasisl.........1............11.........1............1
Congenital Malformations...11...2............21.........1............1
Premature Birth2.........2............21.........1............1
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus....................................1...1............1
Other causes1.........1............1..............................
5...1...7...1...193.........4............4

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*Gross Births in the year
legitimate, 211.
Illegitimate, 8.
Nett Deaths in the year
legitimate infants, 9.
illegitimate infants, —
Gross
Birth
legitimate, 157.
Illegitimate, 3.
Nett
Deaths
legitimate infants, 3.
Illegitimate infants, 1.
The figures of inward and outward transfers are not available for the wards.