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 following table gives the number of infantile deaths and the mortality for each Ward of the Borough:—
Number of deaths uder 1 year. | Infantile Mortality i.e., deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births | |
---|---|---|
Highgate | 8 | 48 |
Muswell Hill | 7 | 43 |
Crouch End | 7 | 92 |
West Hornsey | 28 | 79 |
East Hornsey | 20 | 76 |
North Haringey | 13 | 66 |
South Haringey | 2 | 27 |
Stroud Green | 1 | 10 |
Finsbury Park | 9 | 84 |
The Borough | 95 | 63 |
The principal causes of deaths in infants under one year of
age were as follows: —Premature Birth 22, Diarrœahal Diseases 20,
Debility 7, Convulsions 6, Pneumonia and Bronchitis 13, Suffocation
from over-lying 6.
Of these, the deaths from Debility, Convulsions and Diarrhœal
Diseases were probably largely due to improper feeding, and thus
in a sense were preventible.