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Hackney 1915

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1915

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Infantile Mortality.—The deaths under one year of age in the
Borough during 1915 numbered 520. This is an increase of 28 upon
the number of infants' deaths recorded during 1914. The infant
mortality rate for the year is 107 per 1,000 births. The increased
rate is due chiefly to an increase in the number of deaths from
bronchitis and pneumonia. Other special causes of infant deaths
deserving mention are premature birth (72), diarrhoea (95),
atrophy, debility and marasmus (78).

Table: TABLE IV.—INFANT MORTALITY1915. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under1Year of Age.

TABLE IV.—INFANT MORTALITY

1915. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under1Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.4 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..................34411
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough.........11447521
Diphtheria and Croup.....................123
Erysipelas.........111.........2
Tuberculous Meningitis...............21126
Abdominal Tuberculosis...............1l248
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............127111
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...1......1235213
Convulsions...212844...521
Laryngitis..................1......1
Bronchitis11114888836
Pneumonia (all forms)......213911182364
Diarrhœa......1...11312151354
Enteritis...112411128641
Gastritis...............2.........2
Syphilis...21...3633116
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying3......1414......9
Injury at Birth2.........2............2
Atelectasis4.........4............4
Congenital Malformations1252...196.........25
Premature Birth5210616921......72
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1075...2224236378
Other Causes42219413320
Total91312211155101948882520