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Croydon 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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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 One Year.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All CauseCertified61......73311154......15721...15
Uncertified............................................................
Small-pox............................................................
Chicken-pox............................................................
Measles..................................................................
Scarlet Fever............................................................
Whooping Cough...............1.........1..............................
Diphtheria and Croup............................................................
Erysipelas............................................................
Tuberculous Meningitis...............1.........1..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis............................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases............................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)............................................................
Convulsions............................................................
Laryngitis............................................................
Bronchitis..................1......1...............1.........1
Pneumonia all forms)..................1......1..................1......1
Diarrhoea, Enteritis & Gastro Enteritis1.........1.........13...............1...1...2
Gastritis............................................................
Syphilis............................................................
Rickets............................................................
Suffocation, overlying............................................................
Injury at Birth............................................................
Atelectasis..............................2.........2............2
Congenital Malformations.......................................112.........3
Premature Birth............4............42.........22.........4
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...1......11.........2..................1......1
Other causes1.........1...1......2...............1.........1
61......73311154......5721...15
*Gross Births in the yearlegitimate,447.Nett Deaths in the yearlegitimate infants,15.Gross Birthslegitimate,211.nett Deathlegitimate infants,13
illegitimate, 80†.illegitimate infants,.illegitimate,6.illegitimate infants2.

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* The figures of inward and outward transfers are not available for the wards.
† The heavy illegitimate figure is due to the inclusion of births at the Mayday Road Hospital.