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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 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: table XCIX. Deaths under one year, arranged in days, weeks and months.

table XCIX. Deaths under one year, arranged in days, weeks and months.

CAUSES OF DEATH.1st day.2nd day.3rd day.4th day.5th day.6th day.7th day.l st-2nd wk.2nd 3rd wk.3rd-4th wk.Under 1 month.1-2 mths.2-3 mths.3 4 mths.4-5 mths.5-6 mths.6-7 mths.7-8 mths.8-9 mths.9-10 mths.10 11 roths.11-12 mths.TOTAL.
All CausesCertified28783431121111831918151461057356196
Uncertified.....................................................................
Chicken-pox.....................................................................
Measles.....................................................................
Scarlet Fever.....................................................................
Whooping Cough..............................1...1...1...11......1...6
Diphtheria and Croup.....................................................................
Tuberculous Meningitis.....................................................................
Abdominal Tuberculosis.....................................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases.............................................3..................3
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).......................................1......1......1......3
Convulsions......1...............1...2...............2......11...6
Laryngitis.....................................................................
Bronchitis.....................11...2...11...1........................5
Pneumonia (all forms)...........................11...123153211331
Diarrhœa and Enteritis...........................11...412.........2...1112
Gastritis..........................................2.....................2
Svphilis..............................12...........................14
Rickets.....................................................................
Congenital Malformations41...11.........21102122...1............119
Premature Birth1847222...42243231........................49
Atrophy, Atelectasis, Debility, and Marasmus4.........1...1342154463...............1...33
Injury at birth21...............2......5.................................5
Other causes...1...............213713111...13.........18