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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 1922

Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1922

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The causes of death are set out in the following table:—
INFANT MORTALITY, 1922.

Table: Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under1year of age.

Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under1year of age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks4 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..................1179
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough......1...15661129
Diphtheria and Croup........................11
Erysipelas.....................1...1
Tuberculous Meningitis..................3...14
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............1...1...2
Meningitis (Not Tuberculous).....................2...2
Convulsions2.........2......3...5
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...............723416
Pneumonia (all forms)13......81416232182
Diarrhœa..............................
Enteritis1...1246115329
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation (overlying)..................1......1
Injury at Birth2.........2............2
Atelectasis71......8............8
Congenital Malformation1044...18342...27
Premature Birth54133615.........66
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus74...112311...17
Other Causes531...911118443
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Senile Mortality.—The deaths which occurred in Hackney at
65 years of age and upwards during 1922 numbered 1,078 and of
these 543 were between the ages of 65 and 75 years, 426 between
75 and 85 years, and 109 at 85 years and upwards. The annual
mortality rate of persons at 65 years and upwards is 4.7 per 1,000
inhabitants.