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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The rate of infant mortality amongst legitimate children
was 2G per 1,000 births. The rate in illegitimate children was l6
per 1,000 births.
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 week. | 2nd-3rd week. | 3rd-4th week. | Under 1 month. | 1-2 months. | 2-3 months. | 3-4 months. | 4-5 months. | 5-6 months. | 6-7 months. | 7-8 months. | 8-9 months. | 9-10 months. | 10-11 months. | 11-12 months. | total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 29 | 5 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 6 | 5 | 4 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 68 |
| Polio-Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chicken Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | -, | 10 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital Malformations | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 12 |
| Premature Birth | 20 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 25 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 |
| Atrophy, Atelectasis, Debility and Marasmus | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Injurv at Birth | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Haemorrhagic disease of newborn | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Other Causes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Totals | 29 | 5 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 6 | 5 | 4 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 68 |