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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 1922
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1922
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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1922.
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
37
5
6
3
51
22
12
17
19
121
Uncertified
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Common
Infectious
Diseases.
Small-Pox
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Chicken-Pox
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Measles
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
3
5
Scarlet Fever
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Whooping Cough
..
..
..
..
..
2
1
1
1
5
Diphtheria—Croup
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Erysipelas
• •
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Tuberculous
Diseases.
Tuberculous
Meningitis
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
Abdominal
Tuberculosis
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Other Tuberculous
Diseases
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Meningitis
(not Tuberculous)
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Convulsions
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
2
Laryngitis
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Bronchitis
..
..
..
1
1
2
1
2
2
8
Pneumonia, all forms
..
..
1
1
2
6
4
8
7
27
Diarrhaœl
Diseases.
Diarrhœa, all forms
..
..
••
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Enteritis
..
..
1
..
1
..
1
..
1
3
Gastritis
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Syphilis
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Rickets
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Suffocation, overlaying
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Injury at Birth
2
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
2
Actelectasis
1
..
..
..
1
..
• •
..
..
1
Congenital
Malformations
3
1
..
..
4
3
..
..
..
7
Premature Birth
27
4
1
1
33
3
1
1
..
38
Atrophy, Debility
and Marasmus
3
..
1
..
4
2
1
..
1
8
Other Causes
1
..
1
..
2
3
3
1
2
11
Totals
37
5
6
3
51
22
12
17
19
121