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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 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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

Table VI. 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.lst-2nd wk.2nd-3rd wk.3rd-4th wk.Under 1 ninth.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 mths.11-12 mths.TOTAL.
All CausesCertified2587333833631610745935533133
Uncertified1...........................1.................................1
Chicken-pox.......................................................................
Measles.......................................................1.........2
Scarlet Fever...............................................................
Whooping Cough.................................2......1......1......116
Diphtheria and Croup.....................................................................
Tuberculous Meningitis.....................................................................
Abdominal Tuberculosis.....................................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases.......................................1........................2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).....................................................................
Convulsions.....................................................................
Laryngitis.....................................................................
Bronchitis....................................11........................3
Pneumonia (all forms)..............................15222...31211...20
Diarrhoea and Enteritis..............................124.........31121 ...1 ...19
Gastritis......................................................................
Syphilis.....................................................................
Rickets......................................................................
Congenital Malformations1...1......1...i......62..............................8
Premature Birth1751...22...2......29121............ ...............33
Atrophy, Atelectasis, Debility, and Marasmus4...211......111111...1......1...............14
Injury at birth12...1.........1......6.................................6
Other causes3121.........2...1103111...1...12...121