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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 ADDISCOMBE WARD.WHITEHORSE MANOR WARD.

TABLE III.—continued.

INFANT MORTALITY.

Deaths in ADDISCOMBE WARD.

WHITEHORSE MANOR 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.9-12 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 1 Year.
All CausesCertified121...412......75...4...9642122
Uncertified............................................................
Small-pox............................................................
Chicken-pox............................................................
Measles............................................................
Scarlet Fever............................................................
Whooping Cough...............1.........1..............................
Diphtheria and Croup............................................................
Erysipelas............................................................
Tuberculous Meningitis............................................................
Abdominal Tuberculosis............................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases............................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)............................................................
Convulsions............................................................
Laryngitis............................................................
Bronchitis................................................1113
Pneumonia (all forms)....................................1...1121...5
Diarrhoea, Enteritis & Gastro Enteritis..................1......1...............21......3
Gastritis............................................................
Syphilis............................................................
Rickets............................................................
Suffocation, overlying............................................................
Injury at Birth..............................1.........1............1
Atelectasis............................................................
Congenital Malformations.............................................1.........1
Premature Birth1...1...2...1......34.........41.........5
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...1......1............1......3...3............3
Other causes...1......1............1...............1.........1
121...412......75...4...9642122

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*Gross Births in the year
legitimate, 177.
illegitimate, 4
Nett Deaths in the year
legitimate infants, 6.
illegitimate infants, 1.
Gross
Births
legitimate, 316.
illegitimate, 14.
Nett
Heaths
legitimate infants, 22.
illegitimate infants, ....
*The figures of inward and outward transfers are not available for the wards.