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 St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
Cause of death | Age | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 day | 1 day to 1 week | 1 2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3 4 weeks | Total under 4 weeks | 4 weeks and under 3 months | 3 6 months | 6 -9 months | 9 12 months | Total deaths under 1 year | ||
M. | F. | |||||||||||
Thymic Enlargement | . | 1 | - | - | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | |
Pneumonia | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | 4 | |
Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | ||
Meconium Ileus | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | _ | 1 |
Gas tro-Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | . | 1 |
peritoni tis | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | . | 1 | ||
Congenital Malformations | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 |
Injury at Birth | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
Atelectasis | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | |
Maternal Toxaemia | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | " | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Haemolytic Disease of Newborn | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | |
Immaturi ty | 2 | 3 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | ||
Infanticide | 1 | - | - | - | " | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
All Causes | 16 | 10 | 3 | - | - | 29 | 2 | 4 | 4 | - | 23 | 16 |
Year | Legi timate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | Illegitimate infants per 1, 000 Illegitimate live births | All infants per 1, 000 live births | All infants Death rates comparison | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
London Administrative County | England and Wales | ||||
1954 | 16 | 32 | 18 | 21 | 26 |
1953 | 24 | 30 | 24 | 25 | 27 |
1952 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 28 |
1951 | 25 | 32 | 26 | 26 | 30 |
1950 | 28 | 52 | 31 | 26 | 30 |
1949 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 32 |
1948 | 36 | 42 | 37 | 31 | 34 |
1947 | 30 | 61 | 34 | 37 | 41 |
1946 | 37 | 47 | 38 | 41 | 43 |
1945 | 40 | 65 | 44 | 43 | 46 |
1944 | 57 | 105 | 64 | 51 | 45 |
1943 | 66 | 99 | 71 | 51 | 49 |
1942 | 59 | 117 | 66 | 51 | 51 |
1941 | 52 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 60 |
1940 | 52 | 86 | 56 | 49 | 57 |
1939 | 46 | 94 | 52 | 48 | 51 |
See also tables on pages 13 and 14
11