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Greenwich 1909

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1909

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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.
(WEST DISTRICT.)

Table: INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1909. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1909. 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.s—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.Certified9652221037I36423364
Uncertified...................................................
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Measles....................................11......2
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria—Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough..................2.....................1...3
Diarrhœa, all forms...............1...1......11............4
Diarrhœal Diseases.Enteritis, Muco-Enteritis, Gastro- Enteritis...............1...2...1..................4
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh...................................................
Premature Birth133181..............................9
Congenital Defects21...141...1........................6
Wasting Diseases.Injury at Birth2.........2.................................2
Want of Breast Milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus312...65111...11...1......17
Tuberculous Meningitis...................................................
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................1........................1
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...........................1..................1
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................1...............1
Convulsions1.........1............1...1............3
Bronchitis...1......1...............211.........5
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia..............................1......1......2
Suffocation,overlaying...................................................
Other Causes...............1...1..................2...4
96522210371364233...64
Birth in the year Legitimate 645 Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants 56 Illegitimate 15 Illegitimate 8 Population (estimated to middle of 1909) 27,188 Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 364