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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
Islington 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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SUMMARY OF INFANT MORTALITY 1951.
| Primary Cause of Death | Under 1 day | Days | Weeks | Months | 1951 | (1950) | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | 2—3 | 3—4 | 4—5 | 5—6 | 6-7 | 1-2 | 2—3 | 3—4 | 1—2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4—5 | 5-6 | 6-7 | 7—8 | 8—9 | 9—10 | 10—11 | 11—12 | Totals | Totals | ||
| Measles | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis—Lungs | 1 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis—Other forms | — | (i) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | (22) | ||||||||||
| Influenza | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Knteritis and Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | 2 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 8 | 7 | 1 | 16 | (30) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Congenital Malformation,Birth Injury, Atelectasis Atrophy and Marasmus | 22 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 47 | (47) | ||||||||
| Syphilis | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Suffocation Overlying | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Violent Causes | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Road Traffic Accidents | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| All Other Cases | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | — | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | —- | 1 | 109 | (119) | ||||
COMMENTS ON VITAL STATISTICS.
Births.
The birth-rate continued to fall from the post-war peak in 1947 of 23.55 per
thousand population to 16.45 for 1951. 7.93 per cent, of the 1951 births were classified
as illegitimate. The proportion of illegitimate births has remained fairly steady
at approximately 7 per cent, since 1949.