Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1920
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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1920. 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 | 1-3 Months | 3-6 Months | 6-9 Months | 9-12 Months | Total Deaths under 1 Year | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Causes. | Certified | 40 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 71 | 42 | 36 | 30 | 16 | 195 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | 12 | |
Diphtheria—Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Tuberculous Diseases. | ' Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Convulsions | 2 | 1 | 1 | i | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 10 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | .. | 21 | |
Pneumonia, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
Diarrhoea Diseases. | Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Suffocation, overlaying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | |
Injury at Birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Actelectasis | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Congenital Malformations | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | |
Premature Birth | 19 | 5 | .. | 5 | 29 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 33 | |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 9 | 3 | 3 | .. | 15 | 9 | 3 | .. | 2 | 29 | |
Other Causes | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 12 | |
Totals | 40 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 71 | 42 | 36 | 30 | 16 | 195 |