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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 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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

Deaths under one Year, arranged in days, weeks and months.

CAUSES OF DEATH1st day.2nd day.3rd day.1th dev.5th day.6th day.7th day.lst-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.LO-11 mths.11-12 mths.TOTAL.
All CausesCertified29511633183776116882733311129
Uncertified..............................1.................................1
Chicken-pox.....................................................................
Measles........................................................................
Scarlet Fever.....................................................................
Whooping Cough.................................1..............................1
Diphtheria and Croup.....................................................................
Tuberculous Meningitis.....................................................................
Abdominal Tuberculosis.....................................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).................................2..................1.........3
Convulsions.........1..................1.................................1
Laryngitis.....................................................................
Bronchitis....................................1......1..................2
Pneumonia (all forms)......11.........2...152— 122...2...111118
Diarrhoea and Enteritis.....................1...121...441431.........20
Gastritis.....................................................................
Syphilis....................................2...........................2
Rickets.....................................................................
Congenitai Malformations31311......112132..............................16
Premature Birth124412......221281...1........................30
Atroply, Atelectasis, Debility, and Marasmus12...21...1...1...2191...1l.....................22
Injury at birth2......1...............4...1...........................5
Other causes1............211......511...1...1......1......10

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The Rate of infantile mortality for England and Wales was 50, and for the 126 large towns, 53. For
Croydon the rate was 38. An analysis of the above table shows that 23.1 per cent occurred on the first day
of life, and 59.2 per cent before the completion of the first month.