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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 1949

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

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Table: INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1949 Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under 1 Year of Age.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1949 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 Y«ar.
Small-Pox..............................
Chicken-Pox..............................
Measles..............................
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..................1......1
Diphtheria—Croup..............................
Influenza..............................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis..............................
Tubercular Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Convulsions..............................
Diseases of Trachea..............................
Bronchitis..............................
Pneumonia (all forms)1......12...2...26
Diarrhoea (all forms)..............................
Gastro-Enteritis..................1......1
Injury at Birth2.........2............2
Atelectasis3.........3............3
Congenital Malformation421...7...11...9
Premature Birth12.........12............12
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus..............................
Suffocation, Overlay..............................
„ Otherwise..................1......1
Other Causes.....................1...1
Totals2221126...62236
Male19
Female17