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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 1923

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1923

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Table: BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1923.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1923.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 Week1—2 Weeks2—8 Weeks3—4 WeeksTotal under 1 Month1—3 Months3—6 Months6—9 Months9—12 MonthsTotal Deaths under 1 Year
All Causes.Certified465396318162111129
Uncertified....................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-Pox....................
Chicken-Pox................11
Measles....................
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping Cough............2136
Diphtheria—Croup....................
Erysipelas....1..1........1
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis................11
Abdominal Tuberculosis....................
Other Tuberculous Diseases............1....1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)....1..1..11..3
Convulsions31....4..1128
Diseases of Trachea............1....1
Bronchitis......112..1..4
Pneumonia, all forms......12322110
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhæa, all forms............4127
Enteritis..........22419
Gastritis1......1........1
Syphilis....................
Rickets....................
Suffocation, overlaying1....121......3
,, otherwise2......2..1....3
Injury at Birth1......1..• •....1
Actelectasis3....14....1..5
Congenital Malformations7....184..1..13
Premature Birth151..1173......20
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus112..316115..23
Other Causes21....32..3..8
Totals465396318162111129

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Boys 86
Girls 43
129