Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough.
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INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1950 Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under 1 Year of Age.
Cause of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1—2 Weeks. | 2—3 Weeks. | 3—4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1—3 Months. | 3—6 Months. | 6—9 Months. | 9—12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. |
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Small-Pox | ||||||||||
Chicken-Pox. | ||||||||||
Measles | ||||||||||
Scarlet Fever | ||||||||||
Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Diphtheria—Croup | ||||||||||
Influenza | ||||||||||
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | ||||||||||
Tubercular Meningitis | ||||||||||
Abdominal Tuberculosis | ||||||||||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | ||||||||||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Convulsions | ||||||||||
Diseases of Trachea | ||||||||||
Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||
Diarrhoea (all forms) | ||||||||||
Gastro-Enteritis | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Injury at Birth | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Atelectasis | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Congenital Malformation | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||
Premature Birth | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||||
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Asphyxia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Other Causes | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||
Totals | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 40 |
Male 25
Female 15