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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. (WEST DISTRICT.) INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. (WEST 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.
AllCauses.Certified113242035854668...6273
Uncertified...................................................
Certified by Coroner3.........3...11......111.........8
Common Infections Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...................................................
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria—Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...................................................
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms.....................111......2...117
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)...1......1......2...11...1.........6
Gastritis, Gastro- intestinal Catarrh.....................1........................1
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth7...13111..............................12
Congenital Defects.................................1............1
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast Milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus..................2...1...1...2...1...7
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis.....................1...1......1.........3
Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases........................1...............1...2
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets..........................................1...1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions...1...122...2...111......1111
Bronchitis......1...1...2...1.........1...1...6
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia..............................1...............1
Suffocation,overlaying.................................1............1
Other Causes41......5...111...231.........14
113242035854668...6273

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Births in the year Legitimate 634
Illegitimate 4
Population (estimated to middle of 1905) 25,347.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 364.