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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 1910

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1910

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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.
(CHARLTON & KIDBROOKE DISTRICT.)
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910.

Table: Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

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.Certified10......31342......1...1334132
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles.......................................1......1
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria—Croup...................................................
Whooping Congh...................................................
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms.......................................1...12
Enteritis, Munco-.................................1...1......2
Enteritis, Gastro- Enteritis
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh....................................1.........1
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth3.........3.................................3
Congenital Defects1.........1.................................1
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast Milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus3......1411...........................6
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..................1.....................1...2
Tuberculous....................................1.........1
Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica
Other Tuberculous Diseases...................................................
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions2......242..............................6
Bronchitis..........................................1...1
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...............1.........1......1...1...4
Suffocation,overlaying...................................................
Other Causes1.........1...........................1...2
10......31342......1...1334132

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Births in the year
Legitimate 399
Illegitimate 5
Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants 30
Illegitimate 2
Population (estimated to middle of 1910) 24,922 Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 210