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Croydon 1926

[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 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.To-tal under 1 Month.1-3 Month8.3-6 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 causes |Certified...11...355551165.........5363118
Uncertified............................................................
Small-pox............................................................
Chick en-pox............................................................
Measles............................................................
Scarlet Fever............................................................
Whooping Cough............................................................
Diphtheria and Croup............................................................
Erysipelas.............................................1.........1
Tuberculous Meningitis............................................................
Abdominal Tuberculosis.........................................................1
Other Tuberculous Diseases............................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)............................................................
Convulsionsi.........1............1..............................
Laryngitis............................................................
Bronchitis..................1......1...............1.........1
Pneumonia (all forms).........11...1......2..................1113
Diarrhoea, Enteritis & Gastro Enteritis...............11......2..................11...2
Gastritis............................................................
Syphilis..................1......1..............................
Rickets............................................................
Suffocation, overlying............................................................
Injury at Birth............................................................
Atelectasis..............................1.........1...1......2
Congenital Malformations...............2.........21.........1............1
Premature Birth...1...231.........42.........21.........3
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...............111...3..................2......2
Other causes..............................1.........1......1...2
11...35551...165.........5363118

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327
*Gross Births in the year
legitimate, 161.
illegitimate, 7.
Nett Deaths in the year
legitimate infants, 16,
illegitimate infants,—
Gross
Births
legitimate, 211.
illegitimate, 5.
Nett
Deaths
legitimate infants, 9.
illegitimate infants, 9.
*The figuies of inward and outward transfers are not available for the wards.