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Croydon 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table VI. shows that, of the total infant deaths, 23.5 per cent,
occurred on the first day of life and 46.4 per cent. before the
completion of the first month, and it is probable that these deaths
were due to causes operating before birth except in so far as
accidents of birth (7) were concerned.

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-2ndwk.2nd-3rd wk.3rd-4th wk.Under 1 mnth.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 CausesCertified45676111986902212101267146834194
Uncertified1...........................1.................................1
Chicken-pox.....................................................................
Measles.....................................................................
Scarlet Fever.....................................................................
Whooping Cough...................................................1............1
Diphtheria and Croup............................................................1...1
Tuberculous Meningitis...................................................11......2
Abdominal Tuberculosis.....................................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..........................................1...............1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).......................................1.....................1
Convulsions...1........................1l...13
Laryngitis.....................................................................
Bronchitis.....................1.........1...1......1............3
Pneumonia (all forms).........1......123411231421224...335
Diarrhoea and Enteritis.....................12...37742237211...39
Gastritis................................................1...............1
Syphilis.....................1.............................................
Rickets.....................................................................
Congenital Malformations5...22.........3...11341......1...1.........121
Premature Birth30421...1...12...413...11.....................46
Atrophy, Atelectasis, Debility, and Marasmus5111.........1......9313212...............21
Injury at birth3...21.........1......71......1.....................9
Other causes3.........1.........116..................212......11