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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.
(WEST DISTRICT.)

Table: INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1908.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

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—8 Months.8—9 Months.9—10 Months.10—11 Months.11—12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All Causes.Certified105352310474252452270
Uncertified................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles.......................................11...2
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria—Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough....................................1.........1
Diarrhœa, all forms...............2...21...11...1......8
Diarrhceal Diseases.Enteritis, MucoEnteritis, GastrEuteritis...............11...112...1.........7
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh...................................................
Premature Birth6212112..............................13
Congenital Defects12......31..............................4
Wasting Diseases.Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast Milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus2......131121...1...............9
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis.................................1............1
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica.....................1........................1
Other Tuberculous Diseases...................................................
Erysipelas.....................1........................1
Syphilis1.........1.................................1
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).........11..............................12
Convulsions......2...221...............11......7
Bronchitis.........11...1...1............1......4
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia.....................1............1...114
Suffocation,overlaying...............1..............................1
Other Causes...1......1............11......1......4
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Births in the year
Legitimate 613.
Illeeritimate 19.
Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants 67
Illeeritimate 3
Population (estimated to middle of 1908) 26,722
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 363