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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.
(WHOLE 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—i Months.4—5 Months.5—G Months.(i—7 Months.7—8 Months.8—9 Months.9—10 Months.10—11 Months.11—12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All Causes.|ertified48161613934028232318191114131315310
|Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles.......................................11...2
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria—Croup...................................................
„ Whooping Cough...............2...1...321311216
Diarrhoea] Diseases.Diarrhoea, all forms...............8477242221342
Enteritis, Muco-Enteritis, Gastro- Enteritis......112153444...3.........26
Gastritis, Gastro- intestinal Catarrh..............................11............2
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth30535436..............................49
Congenital Defects73......102.........2..................14
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast Milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus9143177544...21.........242
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..................1...1...22......1...7
Tuberculous Peritonitis :Tabes Mesenterica.....................12.........112...7
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1......1......1.........3
Erysipelas.....................2..................1...3
Syphilis1.........11..............................2
Rickets.......................................1...23
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).........11...........................113
Convulsions...34...7411......1...12......17
Bronchitis...13264423222122...30
Laryngitis.............................................11
Pneumonia......112242.........2212219
Suffocation,overlaying...............23...11..................7
Other Causes13......41......131......21215
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Births in the year
Legitimate 2,525.
Illegitimate 65.
Deaths in the year of
(Legitimate Infants 296
Illegitimate „ 14
Population (estimated to middle of 1908) 109,110
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 1,377