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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 1919

Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1919

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Table: The causes of death are set out in the following table:—INFANT MORTALITY.1919. Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under1year of age.

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

INFANT MORTALITY.

1919. 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 ??? months.6 months and under 9 months.9 months and under 12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..................11...2
Measles...............11...13
Scarlet Fever........................11
Whooping Cough...............21...58
Diphtheria and Croup...............1...1...2
Erysipelas......1...11.........2
Tuberculous Meningitis.....................1...1
Abdominal Tuberculosis.....................112
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................3115
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............11...13
Convulsions434314231222
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis.........22756323
Pneumonia (all forms)12......381312844
Diarrhœa..................31...4
Enteritis.........111064627
Gastritis1.........121116
Syphilis......11262...111
Rickets..............................
Suffocation (overlying)......1...l12......4
Injury at Birth3.........3............3
Atelectasis833115...3......18
Congenital Malformations311...523...212
Premature Birth5356569541...79
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus142...712164443
Other Causes753116631430
Total8123221414067713641355

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Senile Mortality.—The deaths which occurred in Hackney at
65 years of age and upwards during 1919 numbered 1,017, and of
these 496 were between the ages of 65 and 75 years, 400 between
75 and 85 years, and 121 at 85 and upwards. The annual mortality
rate of persons at 65 years and upwards is 4.6 per 1,000
inhabitants.