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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hackney 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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The causes of death are set out in the following table:—

Table: INFANT MORTALITY, 1921.Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under year of age.

INFANT MORTALITY, 1921.

Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under year of age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks4 weeks and under 3 months.3 months and under 6 months.6 months and under 9 months.9 months and under 12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles.....................1...1
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough...............31217
Diphtheria and Croup...1......1......2...3
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis........................11
Abdominal Tuberculosis..................1......1
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1......1
Meningitis (Not Tuberculous)...1......1...1125
Convulsions111...311117
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis.........2212...27
Pneumonia (all forms)......1247149943
Diarrhoea......112172415765
Enteritis..............................
Gastritis...............111...3
Syphilis.........11......1...2
Rickets........................11
Suffocation (overlying)3.........3............3
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis8.........81.........9
Congenital Malformation1523323142......39
Premature Birth40345523.........55
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus5114111084235
Other Causes5214127117441
7811122212365674430329

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Senile Mortality.—The deaths which occurred in Hackney at
65 years of age and upwards during 1921 numbered 940, and of
these 448 were between the ages of 65 and 75 years, 381 between
75 and 85 years. and 111 at 85 and upwards. The annual
mortality rate of persons at 65 years and upwards is 4.2 per 1,000
inhabitants.