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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 1939

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

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Table: INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1939. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1939. 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 One Year.
Common Infectious DiseasesSmall-Pox...............................
Chicken-Pox..............................
Measles..............................
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough.....................214
Diphtheria—Croup..............................
Influenza..............................
Tuberculous DiseasesPulmonary Tuberculosis..............................
Tubercular Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculosis)1.........1............1
Convulsions..............................
Diseases of Trachea..............................
Bronchitis........................11
Pneumonia, all forms...3......3161213
Diarrhoeal DiseasesDiarrhoea, all forms......123114110
Gastro-Enteritis..............................
Pemphigus Neonatorum..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlaying..............................
„ otherwise1.........11.........2
Injury at Birth4.........4............4
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations1.........1............1
Premature Birth622...10............10
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...23163...1...10
Other Causes312...6.........39
TOTALS1688335778865

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Boys 37
Girls 28