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

BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. (ST. NICHOLAS, DEPTFORD, 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.Certified111......124432524322144
Uncertified................................................
Certified by Coroner1.........11.....................1......3
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles..............................1...............1
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria— Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...................................................
Diarrhoeal Diseases.Diarrhoea, all forms.....................111...1......1...5
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)...............111...1......11......6
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh........................1..................1
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth7.........7.................................7
Congenital Defects...................................................
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast Milk...
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus11......2121.........1............1
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..............................1...............1
Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...................................................
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...........................2............1...3
Convulsions...............1..............................1
Bronchitis..................1............11.........3
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia.................................111......3
Suffocation,overlaying...................................................
Other Causes3.........31.........1...............16
111......124432524322144

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Births in the year Legitimate 265.
Illegitimate 5.
Population (estimated to middle of 1905) 7,912.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 154.