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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 1918

Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1918

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Table: INFANT MORTALITY.1918. Nett deaths from stated causes atvarious ages under1Year of age.

INFANT MORTALITY.

1918. Nett deaths from stated causes atvarious 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 0 months.6 months and under 9 months.9 months and under 12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
Small.pox..............................
Chicken.pox..............................
Measles.....................134
Scarlet Fever........................11
Whooping Cough......1......364822
Diphtheria and Croup...............1......11
Erysipelas.....................13
Tuberculous Meningitis...............l.........2
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................11...2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............123...0
Convulsions...............35...111
Laryngitis...........................28
Bronchitis...............46117
Pneumonia (all forms)......21...66181649
Diarrhoea...............4106424
Enteritis...............5105525
Gastritis...l113
Syphilis...............1......1
Rickets..................1......1
Suffocation, overlying1......"262.........8
Injury at Birth1.........1............1
Atelectasis2...126l2......9
Congenital Malformations4...1272.........9
Premature Birth43613535.........59
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus76352118257...71
Other Causes5......16183725
Total661691710857856154365

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Senile Mortality.—The deaths which occurred in Hackney at 65
years and upwards during 1918 numbered 988, of which 501 were
between the ages of 65 and 75 years, 381 between 75 and 85 years, and
106 at 85 years and upwards. The annual mortality rate of persons
at 65 years and upwards is 5.0 per 1,000 of the whole population.
Deaths in Public Institutions.—There were 1,853 deaths in public
institutions in the Borough during 1918; of these 820 were residents
of other districts, and the remaining 1,033 were residents of Hackney.