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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 THORNTON HEATH WARD.SOUTH NORWOOD 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.9-12 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 CausesCertified31......4334317231...6511316
Uncertified............................................................
Small-pox............................................................
Chicken-pox............................................................
Measles............................................................
Scarlet Fever............................................................
Whooping Cough.....................112..............................
Diphtheria and Croup............................................................
Erysipelas............................................................
Tuberculous Meningitis.....................1....................................
Abdominal Tuberculosis............................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases............................................................
Meningitis [not Tuberculous)............................................................
Convulsions...1......1............1...............1.........1
Laryngitis............................................................
Bronchitis...............1...1l3...............2.........2
Pneumonia all forms).....................1l2..................11...2
Diarrhoea, Enteritis & Gastro Enteritis...............1.........3..............................
Gastritis.................................1......1............1
Syphilis............................................................
Rickets............................................................
Suffocation, overlying............................................................
Injury at Birth............................................................
Atelectasis..............................1.........1............1
Congenital Malformations..........................................11.........2
Premature Birth2.........2............211......2............2
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus.................................1......1l......13
Other causes1.........111......3........................22
31......4334317231...6511316

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#Gross Births in the year
legitimate, 233.
illegitimate, 6.
Nett Deaths in the year
legitimate infants, 17.
illegitimate infants,
Gross
Births
legitimate, 176.
illegitimate, 13.
Nett
Deaths
legitimate infants, 15.
illegitimate infants, 1.