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Croydon 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 1 Week1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 MonthsTotal Deaths Under 1 YearUnder 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 l Year.
All CausesCertified21......3...322102.........2...11...4
uncertified............................................................
Small-pox............................................................
Chicken-pox............................................................
Measles...................................................1...1
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............................................................
Pneumonia (all forms)..................2......2..............................
Diarrhoea, Enteritis& Gastro Enteritis............................................................
Gastritis............................................................
Syphilis..................1...12..............................
Rickets............................................................
Suffocation, overlying............................................................
Injury at birth............................................................
Atelectasis2.........2............21.........1............1
Congenital Malformations..............................1.........1............1
Premature Birth............................................................
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus.....................112..............................
Other causes...1......1............1..............................
21......3...322102.........2...11...4
*Gross Births in the yearlegitimate. 194.Nett Deaths in the Yearlegitimate infants7.Grosslegitimate,180.N ett Deathslegitinate infants,4.
illegitimate, 4.illegitimate infants3.Birthsillegitimate.1.illegitimate infants,—

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*The figures of inward and outward transfers are not available for the wards.