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Greenwich 1910

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1910

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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.
(ST. NICHOLAS DISTRICT.)
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910.

Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 Week.1—2 Weeks.2—3 Weeks.3—4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1—2 Months.2—3 Months.3—4 Months.4—5 Months.5—6 Months.6—7 Months.7—8 Months.S—9 Months.9—10 Months.10—11 Months.11—12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All Causes.Certified422193...451...1221331
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles.............................................11
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria—Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough........................2.........1......14
Diarrhoeal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms.....................2.........1...1......4
Enteritis, Muco-...............1...1........................2
Enteritis, Gastro- Euteritis
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh...................................................
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth12...14.................................4
Congenital Defects2.........2.................................2
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast Milk...............1..............................1
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus1...1...21...1........................4
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis...................................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases.............................................11
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets....................................1.........1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions...................................................
Bronchitis......1...1.........11..................3
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia........................1...............1...2
Suffocation,overlaying........................1.....................1
Other Causes.......................................1......1
422193...451...1221331

Legitimate 243
Births in the year Illegitimate 9
Population (estimated to middle of 1910) 8,633
Legitimate Infants 30
Deaths in the year of illegimate 1
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 124