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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1953 Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under 1 Year of Age.
| Cause of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1—2 Weeks. | 2—3 W%eks. | 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 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Diphtheria | ||||||||||
| Influenza | ||||||||||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | ||||||||||
| Tubercular Meningitis | ||||||||||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | ||||||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | ||||||||||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Meningococcal Infection | ||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Emphysema {Staphylococcal) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Gastro-Enteritis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Injury at Birth | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Atelectasis | ||||||||||
| Congenital Malformation | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Premature Birth | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | ||||||||||
| Intussusception | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Kernicterus | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Other Causes | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Totals | 9 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 24 |
Male 13
Female 11