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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

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.
(CHARLTON AND KIDBROOKE 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.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.Certified11i231744153...133......41
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...............1..............................1
Scarlet Fever.................................1............1
Diphtheria—Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...........................1..................1
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhoea, all forms.....................13.........11......6
Enteritis, Muco-Enteritis, Gastro- Enteritis........................1.........1.........2
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh...................................................
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth81...1101..............................11
Congenital Defects......2...2.................................2
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast Milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus2......131..............................4
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis...................................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...................................................
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions..................1...1.....................2
Bronchitis1.........1............1..................2
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia..................3...............12......6
Suffocation,overlaying...................................................
Other Causes.........111.........1..................3
111231744153...133......41

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Legitimate. 393
Births in the year Illegitimate 6
Population (estimated to middle of 1909) 24,498
Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants 37
Illegitimate „ 4
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 240