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 Hornsey, Borough of]
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The principal causes of death among infants under one year of age were : —
Equal to a death-rate per 1,000 births of | ||
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Premature birth and congenital defects | 34 | 21.6 |
Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 16 | 10.2 |
Marasmus and Debility | 14 | 8.9 |
Tubercular Diseases | 5 | 3.1 |
Diarrhoea | 5 | 3.1 |
Whooping Cough | 4 | 2.5 |
Meningitis | 4 | 2.5 |
Convulsions | 3 | 1.9 |
Measles | 2 | 1.2 |
Accident | 2 | 1.2 |
The infantile mortality of towns in Greater London and of a number of towns of population approximately equal to that of Hornsey is shown in the following table: —
Greater London | Towns of approximately equal population to Hornsey. | ||
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Croydon | 96 | Reading | 118 |
Willesden | 117 | Wolverhampton | 136 |
Tottenham | 116 | Coventry | 108 |
West Ham | 156 | St. Helens | 131 |
East Ham | 129 | Huddersfield | 119 |
Leyton | 94 | York | 130 |
Walthamstow | 104 | Swansea | 131 |
Hornsey | 67 | Stockport | 167 |
Rochdale | 198 | ||
Northampton | 123 | ||
England and Wales | 128 | ||
76 Great Towns | 140 |
The following table gives the number of deaths of infants
under 1 year at each month of age, the deaths during the first
month of life being further stated for each week : —