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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 1945

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

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Table: INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1945 Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under 1 Year of Age.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1945 Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under 1 Year of Age.

Cause op 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.
Small-Pox..............................
Chicken-Pox..............................
Measles..............................
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..............................
Diphtheria—Croup..............................
Influenza..............................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis..............................
Tubercular Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculosis)..............................
Convulsions...............1.........1
Diseases of Trachea..............................
Bronchitis.........112.........3
Pneumonia (all forms)...1...12122...7
Diarrhoea (all forms)...1...12433...12
Gastro-Enteritis..............................
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis71......8............8
Congenital Malformation5...1...63.........9
Premature Birth5.........5............5
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus..............................
Suffocation, Overlay..............................
,, Otherwise......1...1...2......3
Other Causes3.........31.........4
Totals •20323281275...52

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Boys 31
Girls 21