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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 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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Table: BOROUGH OF GREENWICH INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1929. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

BOROUGH OF GREENWICH INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1929. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 Week1—2 Weeks2—3 Weeks3—4 WeeksTotal under I Month1—3 Months3—6 Months6—9 Months9—12 MonthsTotal Deaths under 1 Year
Common. Infectious Diseases.Small-Pox..............................
Chicken-Pox...........................
Measles.....................213
Scarlet Fever...........................
Whooping Cough...............13239
Diphtheria—Croup...........................
Erysipelas...........................
Tuberculous Diseases.Pulmonary Tuberculosis...........................
Tuberculous Meningitis...........................
Abdominal Tuberculosis...........................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)........................11
Convulsions........................11
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis1.........111115
Pneumonia, all forms...............376723
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms..................1315
Enteritis......1...132......6
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis.........11...1......2
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlaying..................1......1
,, otherwise..............................
Injury at Birth5.........5............5
Actelectasis4.........4............4
Congenital Malformations11......2...1......3
Premature Birth21...12242.........26
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus212...5312...11
Other Causes1...1...2133211
Totals352534514211917116

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Boys 67
Girls 49
116