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Croydon 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TABLE III.— continued.INFANT MORTALITY.Deaths in WADDON WARD.SOUTH WARD.

TABLE III.— continued.

INFANT MORTALITY.

Deaths in WADDON WARD.

SOUTH WARD.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 1 Week1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-l2 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 CausesCertified2.........212......5621...91183233
Uncertified............................................................
Small-pox.........................................................
Chicken-pox.........................................................
Measles.........................................................
Scarlet Fever.........................................................
Whooping Cough...................................................11
Diphtheria and Croup.........................................................
Erysipelas...............1.........1...........................
Tuberculous Meningitis.........................................................
Abdominal Tuberculosis.........................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases.........................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).........................................................
Convulsions.........................................................
Laryngitis.........................................................
Bronchitis..........................................1......1
Pneumonia (all forms)..................2......2...1......1......113
Diarrhoea, Enteritis & Gastro Enteritis.............................................72......9
Gastritis.................................1......1............1
Syphilis.............................................22......4
Rickets............................................................
Suffocation, overlying............................................................
Injury at Birth..............................1.........1............1
Atelectasis1.........1............11.........l............1
CongenitalMalformations............................................................
Premature Birth1.........1............14...1...5............5
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus.............................................2.........2
Other causes................................................32...5
2.........212......5621...91183233

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*Gross Births in the year
legitimate, 161.
illegitimate, 7.
Nett Deaths in the year
legitimate infants, 5.
illegitimate infants, —.
Gross
Births
legitimate, 213.
illegitimate, 5.
Nett
Deaths
legitimate infants, 8
illegitimate infants, 25
*The Figures of inward and outward transfers are not available for the wards.
[An additional death (illegitimate) also occurs which cannot be allocated to any ward.]