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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 1916

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1916

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Table: INFANT MORTALITY.1916.Nett Deaths from stated, causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

INFANT MORTALITY.

1916.Nett Deaths from stated, causes at various ages under 1 Year 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..................1214
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough...............444517
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas...............32......5
Tuberculous Meningitis.....................156
Abdominal Tuberculosis..................1214
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1......1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).....................224
Convulsions1221...853...22
Laryngitis..................1......1
Bronchitis......1...11395331
Pneumonia (all forms)......11261861648
Diarrhœa...1...126910633
Enteritis...2......26103324
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis......11213......6
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying3......1434......11
Injury at Birth41......51.........6
Atelectasis6l......7............7
Congenital Malformations43119620...19
Premature Birth4551036352......70
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus192242725193175
Other Causes32139384529
Total8519191613990994748423

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During the year Mrs. Rhodes, Health Visitor, made 1,394
primary visits to the homes of nursing mothers and their infants,
and 803 subsequent visits. There were also 206 fruitless visits, the
mothers being either out at the time, or having changed their
address. The weekly weighing meetings have been continued
during the year. The actual number of meetings was 51 and the
total number of infants weighed 1,527.