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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

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.
(WHOLE DISTRICT.)
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910.

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

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.8—9 Months.9—10 Months.10—11 Months.11—12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All Causes.Certified5981113912716141513111113181220261
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...........................1...1...1...47
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria—Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...............4213221233225
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhoea, all forms.........111...422...3342224
Enteritis, Muco-..................23...112...2......13
Enteritis, Gastro- Enteritis
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh....................................1.........1
Wasting Diseases.' Premature Birth30474453..............................48
Congenital Defects51......6...............1...1.........8
Injury at Birth2.........2.................................2
Want of Breast Milk...............1..............................1
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus17...232244321..................36
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..................1.........1.........114
Tuberculous....................................1.........1
Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica
Other Tuberculous Diseases.............................................11
Erysipelas...............1..............................1
Syphilis......1...1......1........................2
Rickets........................1.........11......3
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................1...............1
Convulsions31...26311.........1............12
Bronchitis......11234...331...213325
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...1......12212332222628
Suffocation,overlaying.........111......1.....................3
Other Causes21...142......1...11...41115
5981113912716141513111113181220261

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Births in the year
Legitimate 2,353
Illegitimate 57
Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants 253
Illegitimate 8
Population (estimated to middle of 1910) 112,935 Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 1,289