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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 BROAD GREEN WARD.CENTRAL WARD.

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.9-12 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 CausesCertified10211142132224...11624...113
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)............................................................
Convulsions1.........1............1..................1......1
Laryngitis............................................................
Bronchitis.......................................11............1
Pneumonia (all forms)..................1214..................1...12
Diarrhœa, Enteritis & Gastro Enteritis............................................................
Gastritis............................................................
Syphilis...............1.........1..............................
Rickets............................................................
Suffocation, overlying............................................................
Injury at Birth............................................................
Atelectasis..............................2.........2............2
Congenital Malformations1.........1............1...............1.........1
Premature Birth72...110............102...1...3............3
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus ...1.........11.........2..............................
Other causes .........1...1......113...............1l......2
10211142132224...11624...113

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* Gross Births in the year
legitimate, 568.
illegitimate, 21.
Nett Deaths in the year
legitimate infants, 21. j
illegitimate infants, 1. |
Gross
Births
legitimate, 196.
illegitimate, 8.
Nett
Deaths
legitimate infants, 12.
illegitimate infants, 1.
*The figures of inward and outward transfers are not available for the wards.