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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.
(CHARLTON AND KIDBROOKE.)

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 undei One Year.
All Causes.Certified13122187555751521566
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...................................................
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria—Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...........................1..................1
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhoea, all forms................321211...1......113
Enteritis, Muco-Enteritis, Gastro- Enteritis..................12121...1.........8
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh...................................................
Premature Birth9......2111..............................12
Wasting Diseases.Congenital Defects31......4............1..................5
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast Milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus1...1...21...............1............4
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................2...............2
Tuberculous^ Diseases.Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica........................2.........1.........3
Other Tuberculous Diseases...........................1......1.........2
Erysipelas.....................1........................1
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets.............................................11
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..........................................1...1
Convulsions...............1............1...............2
Bronchitis......1...111...............1.........4
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia..................11.....................14
Suffocation,overlaying...................................................
Other Causes...........................1...............23
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Births in the year
Legitimate 422.
Illegitimate. 9.
Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infanta 62
llegitimate „ 4
Population (estimated to middle of 1908) 24,078
Death from all Causes at all Ages 264