Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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SUMMARY OF INFANT MORTALITY 1961
(Based on Registrar General's Returns)
Primary Cause of Death | Under 1 day | Days | Weeks | Months | 1961 | (1960) | |||||||||||||||||
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1 - 2 | _2 - 3 | 3-4 | 4 - 5 | 5 - 6 | 6 - 7 | 1 - 2 | 2-3 | 3 - 4 | 1 - 2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4 -_5 | 5 - 6 | 6 - 7 | 7-8 | 8-9 | 9 - 10 | 10-11 | 11 - 12 | Totals | Totals | ||
Measles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Whooping Cough | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tuberculosis - Lungs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuberculosis - Other form. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pneumoaia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2. | 2 | 1 | 15 | (19) | ||||||||||||
Influenza | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||
Premature Birth | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | (37) | |||||||||||||||||
Congenital Malformation, Birth Injury, Ateleetasis, Atrophy and Marasmus | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 55 | (43) | ||||||
Syphilis | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Suffocation Overlying | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Violent Causes | 1 | 1 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Road Traffic Accidents | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
All other causes | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | (5) | ||||||||||||
TOTALS | 44 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 115 | (109) |