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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 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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

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

Cause of Death.Under 24 his.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.
Measles......................
Scarlet Fever......................
Whooping Cough................213
Diphtheria..............1....1
Erysipelas....................1
T.B. Meningitis..............11..2
Meningitis..........1..1..13
Convulsions....1..1211....4
Bronchitis............32..510
Pneumonia............720141152
Diarrhoea........11101010637
SuSocation (overlying)............1......1
Injury at Birth..2......2........2
Atelectasis34..1..88
Congenital defects1..4..163....110
Premature Birth111841..3485....47
Marasmus..1......15..1..7
Other causes24....17213215
Totals17299346240423128203

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MATERNAL MORTALITY.
During 1931 there were 11 deaths of Hackney women from
causes directly connected with childbirth. This represents a deathrate
of 3.1 mothers per 1,000 total births.
The actual causes of death were:—
Puerperal sepsis 4
Ante and post-partum haemorrhage 1
Cerebral thrombosis 1
Eclampsia 1
Pulmonary oedema
Ruptured ectopic gestation 1
Toxic nephritis 1
Uraemia 1
The maternal deaths and death-rates in the years 1927 to 1931
in England and Wales, London and Hackney were as follow :—