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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.
(ST. NICHOLAS.)

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.0—7 Months.7—8 Months.8—-9 Months.9-10 Months.10—11 Months.11—12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All Causes.Certified511...76323312212133
Uncertified...................................................
Common 1nfectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...................................................
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria—Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough....................................1.........1
Diarrhoeal Diseases.Diarrhœa all forms................3...1............1.........5
Enteritis, MucoEnteritis, Gastro Euteritis...................................................
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh..............................11............2
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth5.........5.................................5
Congenital Defects...........................1..................1
Injury at Birth....................................................
Want of Breast Milk....... ,.............................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus...............21........................14
Tuberculous Meningitis...................................................
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica..........................................1...1
Other Tuberculous Diseases...................................................
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions...1......1......1........................2
Bronchitis......1...11......21...1......1...7
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia..................1...........................1
Suffocation,overlaying..................1...11..................3
Other Causes.......................................1......1
511...76323312212133

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Births in the year
Legitimat 245.
Illegitimate 9.
Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants 32
llegitimate „ 1
Population (estimated to middle of 1908) 8,340
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 140