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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 1905

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1905

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Table: BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. (EAST DISTRICT.) INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. (EAST DISTRICT.) INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. 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.Certified29106752913117187811587156
Uncertified...................................................
Certified by Coroner31......4...2...1...11...11...11
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...........................1......11......3
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria—Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...........................2......2...3...7
Diarrhœl Diseases.Diarrhœ, all forms..................451643311230
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)..................3......2............117
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh...................................................
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth186412911...........................31
Congenital Defects31......4...1............1............6
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast Milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus31...1522131...11......117
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis...........................1............113
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...........................1............1...2
Erysipelas...........................1..................1
Syphilis.....................3........................3
Rickets...............1..............................1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).................................2............2
Convulsions1...1131...121..................8
Bronchitis.........221......1..................15
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia11...13121...211321118
Suffocation,overlaying..............................1...............1
Other Causes311162............1...11......11
29106752913117187811587156

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Births in the year Legimate 1,249.
Illegitimate 62.
Population (estimated to middle of 1905) 47,396.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 597.