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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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SUMMARY OF INFANT MORTALITY 1953 (Based on Registrar General's Returns)
| Primary Cause of Death | Under 1 day | Days | Weeks | Months | 1953 | (1952) | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | (—) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | (—) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis—Lungs | (—) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis—Other forms | (—) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | (16) | |||||||||
| Influenza | (—) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 29 | (24) | ||||||||||||||||
| Congenital Malformation, Birth Injury, Atelectasis Atrophy and Marasmus | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 32 | (—) (—) (29) | |||||||||||||
| Syphilis | (—) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Suffocation Overlying | 1 | 1 | (—) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Violent Causes | 1 | 1 | 2 | (—) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Road Traffic Accidents | (—) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Other Causes | 1 | 1 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 42 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | —— | 96 | (88) |