London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1948

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

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Table: INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1948 Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under 1 Year of Age.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1948 Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under 1 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.
Small-Pox..............................
Chicken-Pox..............................
Measles..............................
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough...........................1
Diphtheria—Croup..............................
Influenza..............................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis..............................
Tubercular Meningitis...........................1
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Convulsions..............................
Diseases of Trachea..............................
Bronchitis..............................
Pneumonia (all forms)...........................10
Diarrhoea (all forms)..............................
Gastro-Enteritis...........................3
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis4.........4............4
Congenital Malformation6.........6............10
Premature Birth8.........12............12
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus..............................
Suffocation, Overlay...............1.........1
„ Otherwise..............................
Other Causes...............11......2
Totals1942...25774144
Male29
Female15