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Croydon 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TABLE III.-continued.

TABLE III.-continued.

INFANT MORTALITY.Deaths in WEST THORNTON WARD.BENSHAM MANOR WARD.
CAUSES OK DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under I Month.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Month.Toml Deaths Under One Year.Under 1 Wek.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 x Year.
All CausesCertified4...2I7122113212...52...3212
Uncertified............................................................
Small-pox............................................................
Chicken-pox............................................................
Measles............................................................
Scarlet Fever............................................................
Whooping Cough......................................................11
Diphtheria and Croup............................................................
Erysipelas............................................................
Tuberculous Meningitis............................................................
Abdominal Tuberculosis............................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases......................................................11
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)............................................................
Convulsions............................................................
Laryngitis............................................................
Bronchitis............................................................
Pneumonia (all forms).....................1...11.........1......1...2
Diarrhoea, Enteritis & Gastro Enteritis............................................................
Gastritis............................................................
Syphilis............................................................
Rickets.....................1...1..............................
Suffocation, overlying.........................................................
Injury at Birth............................................................
Atelectasis............................................................
Congenital Malformations.........11............1...1......11.........2
Premature Birth4...2...61.........71...2...31.........4
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus..................1...12..............................
Other causes..................1......1.....................2...2
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*Gross Births in the year
legitimate, 395.
illegitimate, 73†.
Nett Deaths in the year
legitimate infants, 11.
illegitimate infants, 2.
Gross
Births
legitimate, 210.
illegitimate, 8.
Nett
Deaths
legitimate infants, 11.
illegitimate infants, 1.
*The figures of inward and outward transfers are not available for the wards.
†The heavy illegitimate figure is owing to the inclusion of births at the Mayday Road Hospital.