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 Hackney]
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INFANT MORTALITY, 1928.
Cause of Death. | Under 24 hrs. | 1 day to 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 1-3 months. | 3-6 months. | 6-9 months. | 9-12 months. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
Diphtheria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
T.B. Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Meningitis (not T.B.) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Convulsions | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 |
Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Bronchitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 5 |
Pneumonia (all forms) . | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 53 |
Diarrhœa | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 24 |
Enteritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 7 | 4 | ... | 13 |
Gastritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Syphilis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Suffocation (overlying) | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
Injury at Birth | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 |
Atelectasis | 7 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 |
Cong, defects | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ... | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
Premature Birth | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 40 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 40 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | 11 |
Other causes | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 6 | 5 | 5 | ... | 2 | 18 |
Totals | 37 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 93 | 37 | 51 | 33 | 22 | 236 |
Senile Mortality.—The deaths which occurred in Hackney at 65
years of age and upwards during 1928 numbered 1,098, and of these
533 were between the ages of 65 and 75 years, 435 between 75 and 85
years, and 130 at 85 years and upwards. The annual mortality rate
of persons at 65 years and upwards is 5.0 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Deaths in Public Institutions.—There were 1,842 deaths in public
institutions in the Borough during 1928; of these 754 were residents
of other districts, and the remaining 1,088 were residents of Hackney.