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Shoreditch 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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10.
The Table on page 8 showing causes of death at all ages has been supplied
by the Registrar-General.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The deaths of infants under one year numbered 15 of which 9 were males.These
deaths amounted to 3.17 per cent of the total net Shoreditch deaths from all
causes, as compared with 2.60 per cent in 1957- The infantile mortality rate
(death rate of infants under one year per 1,000 live births) for Shoreditch was
20.55, the rate for England and Wales being 22.6 and that for London 22.6.
No illegitimate infant died.
The number of deaths of infants under 4 weeks of age was 11, which gives a
neo-natal rate of 15.07•
INFANTILE MORTALITY IN THE BOROUGH DURING 1958.
| CAUSE OF DEATH | AGES | SEX | Total deaths under 1 year. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 day | 1 day to 1 week | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3-4 weeks | Total under 1 month | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6-9 months | 9-12 months | Male | Female | ||
| Pneumonia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Meningococcal Infection | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Prematurity | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Congenital malformation Haemolytic disease of | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| new born | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Strangulated inguinal hernia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Total | 5 | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 9 | 6 | 15 |
MATERNAL MORTALITY. 1958.
Two maternal deaths were recorded during the year.
The maternal mortality rates in England and Vales and in Shoreditch during the past seven years are given below
| Maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live and Still Births. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 1957 | 1956 | 1955 | 1954 | 1953 | 1952 | 1951 | |
| England and Wales | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.56 | 0.64 | 0.69 | 0.76 | 0.72 | 0.79 |
| Shoreditch | 2.66 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 1.18 |