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Greenwich 1908

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1908

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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.
(EAST DISTRICT.)

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1908.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—S Months.8—9 Months.9—10 Months.10—11 Months.11—12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All Causes.Certified2091064517169116863587141
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...................................................
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria—Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...............2...1...221111213
Diarrhœa, all forms...................234121......1216
Diarrhœal Diseases.Enteritis, Mil co-Enteritis, Gastroenteritis......112...31211...1.........11
Gastritis, Gastro- intestinal Catarrh...................................................
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth10321163..............................19
Congenital Defects3.........31..............................4
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast Milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus6132123323...1............125
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..................1...1......1......1...4
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica.......................................11...2
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1...........................1
Erysipelas..........................................1...1
Syphilis...............1..............................1
Rickets.......................................1...12
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions...22...41.....................1......6
Bronchitis...1113222...121...11...15
Laryngitis.............................................11
Pneumonia......11222............21...1...10
Suffocation,overlaying...............12...........................3
Other Causes12......31......11............1...7
2091064517169116863587141

Births in the year
Legitimate 1,245.
Illegitimate 28.
Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants 135
Illegitimate „ 6
Population (estimated to middle of 1908) 49,970
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 610