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 London County Council]
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Table 6—Administrative County of London—Infant mortality, 1951
Cause of death | Age at death | Total | Rates per 1,000 live births | ||||||||
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Under 1 day | 1 to 7 days | 1 to 4 wks. | 4 wks. to 1 yr. | No. | Male | Fe-male | Total | Male | Female | ||
Measles ... | Leg. | — | - | - | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.12 |
Illeg. | — | — | — | ||||||||
Whooping-cough | Leg. | — | — | — | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0.17 | 0.22 | 0.12 |
Illeg. | — | — | —/ | ||||||||
Influenza... | Leg. | — | — | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0.15 | 0.19 | 0.12 |
Illeg. | — | — | - | ||||||||
Tuberculosis | Leg. | — | — | - | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.04 |
Illeg. | — | — | —/ | ||||||||
Bronchitis | Leg. | — | 1 | 1 | 48 | 50 | 24 | 26 | 0.95 | 0.90 | 1.02 |
Illeg. | — | — | —/ | ||||||||
Pneumonia | Leg. | 4 | 22 | 23 | 68 | 126 | 68 | 58 | 2.41 | 2.54 | 2.27 |
Illeg. | — | 5 | 4 | ||||||||
Diarrhoea | Leg. | — | — | 5 | 34 | 40 | 27 | 13 | 0.76 | 1.01 | 0.51 |
Illeg. | — | — | 1 | ||||||||
Premature birth.. | Leg. | 115 | 84 | 14 | 5 | 247 | 136 | 111 | 4.71 | 5.08 | 4.34 |
Illeg. | 17 | 10 | 2 | ||||||||
Congenital malformation | |||||||||||
Leg. | 30 | 39 | 38 | 88 | 200 | 111 | 89 | 3.82 | 4.14 | 3.48 | |
Illeg. | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
Birth injury | Leg. | 69 | 60 | 9 | 2 | 156 | 96 | 60 | 2.98 | 3.58 | 2.34 |
Illeg. | 8 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||
Other diseases of early in | |||||||||||
fancy | Leg. | 132 | 118 | 16 | 5 | 291 | 174 | 117 | 5.55 | 6.50 | 4.57 |
Illeg. | 13 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
Other causes | Leg. | 4 | 9 | 101 | 149 | 195 | 106 | 89 | 3.72 | 3.96 | 3.48 |
Illeg. | 22 | 1 | - | ||||||||
All causes | Leg. M. | 195 | 209 | 72 | 222 | 1,207 | 698 | 509 | 24.74 | 27.99 | 21.34 |
F. | 161 | 124 | 45 | 179 | |||||||
Illeg. M. | 23 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 126 | 62 | 64 | 35.03 | 33.48 | 36.68 | |
F. | 36 | 14 | 2 | 12 | |||||||
Total, 1951 | 415 | 363 | 129 | 426 | 1,333 | 760 | 573 | 25.45 | 28.37 | 22.38 | |
Total 1950 | 371 | 392 | 139 | 470 | 1,372 | 824 | 548 | 25.75 | 30.03 | 21.20 | |
1950 | Leg. M. | 193 | 228 | 70 | 255 | 1,230 | 746 | 484 | 24.81 | 29.21 | 20.13 |
F. | 123 | 135 | 55 | 171 | |||||||
Illeg. M. | 29 | 18 | 7 | 24 | 142 | 78 | 64 | 38.33 | 41.03 | 35.48 | |
F. | 26 | 11 | 7 | 20 |
Table 7—Administrative County of London—Infant mortality by cause, 1915.51 (Rates per 1,000 live births)
Cause of death | 1915 to 1918 | 1919 to 1922 | 1923 to 1926 | 1927 to 1930 | 1931 to 1934 | 1935 to 1938 | 1939 to 1942 | 1943 to 1948 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Measles | 3.84 | 1.64 | 2.02 | 2.07 | 1.44 | 0.95 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.05 | - | 0.13 |
Whooping.cough | 4.45 | 2.50 | 2.60 | 3.14 | 2.27 | 2.01 | 1.43 | 1.07 | 0.76 | 0.67 | 0.35 | 0.39 | 0.17 |
Influenza | 1.10 | 0.81 | 0.38 | 0.48 | 0.40 | 0.24 | 0.39 | 0.29 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.27 | 0.17 | 0.15 |
Tuberculosis | 3.20 | 1.52 | 1.26 | 0.89 | 0.77 | 0.56 | 0.63 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.28 | 0.09 | 017 | 0.08 |
Bronchitis | 6.72 | 4.42 | 2.91 | 2.30 | 2.16 | 1.97 | 1.81 | 1.36 | 0.94 | 1.03 | 0.64 | 0.83 | 0.95 |
Pneumonia | 14.96 | 12.60 | 11.51 | 12.10 | 11.45 | 10.39 | 7.64 | 6.74 | 5.61 | 4.37 | 3.31 | 2.36 | 2.41 |
Diarrhoea | 16.10 | 12.16 | 9.36 | 8.87 | 10.86 | 12.10 | 6.96 | 6.93 | 4.30 | 2.54 | 1.54 | 1.16 | 0.76 |
Premature Birth | 17.42 | 17.00 | 14.74 | 14.17 | 14.91 | 13.41 | 12.51 | 10.38 | 7.21 | 6.76 | 6.31 | 4.65 | 4.71 |
Congenital mal., etc. | 14.66 | 11.26 | 8.39 | 7.38 | 7.22 | 6.35 | 10.08 | 11.96 | 10.75 | 11.27 | 11.30 | 12.33 | 12.35 |
Other causes | 20.55 | 15.09 | 11.83 | 12.60 | 13.52 | 12.30 | 8.14 | 5.83 | 4.21 | 3.56 | 2.97 | 3.68 | 3.72 |
All causes | 103 | 79 | 65 | 64 | 65 | 60 | 50 | 45 | 34 | 31 | 27 | 26 | 25 |