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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 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 WADDON WARD.SOUTH WARD.
CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 1 Week1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Momths.3-6 Months6-9 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 CausesCertified521...8112...1221......36121...22
Uncertified............................................................
Small-pox............................................................
Chicken-pox............................................................
Measles............................................................
Scarlet Fever............................................................
Whooping Cough............................................................
Diphtheria and Croup............................................................
Erysipelas................................................1......1
Tuberculous Meningitis............................................................
Abdominal Tuberculosis............................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases............................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1......1..................1......1
Convulsions............................................................
Laryngitis............................................................
Bronchitis................................................11...2
Pneumonia (all forms).....................1...1........................
Diarrhoea, Enteritis & Gastro Enteritis...............1.........l...............25......7
Gastritis1.........1............l..............................
Syphilis................................................1......1
Rickets............................................................
Suffocation, overlying............................................................
Injury at Birth1.........1............l..............................
Atelectasis11......2............2..............................
Congenital Malformations11......2......1...3..............................
Premature Birth1......2............22.........222......6
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus.............................................21......3
Other causes.................................1...1............1
521...81712...1221......36121...22

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*Gross Births in the year
legitimate, 162.
illegitimate, 6.
Nett Deaths in the year j
legitimate infants, 11.
illegitimate infants, 1
Gross
Births
legitimate, 220.
(illegitimate, 5.
Nett
Deaths
legitimate infants, 8.*
illegitimate infants, 14.
* Thee ??? of inwirad and outwarda are not available for the wards.