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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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SUMMARY OF INFANT MORTALITY 1956 (Based on Registrar General's Returns)
| Primary Cause of Death | Under 1 day 1 | Days | Weeks | Months | Totals 1956 | Totals (1955)| | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Measles | (-) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | (-) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | (-) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis—Lungs | (—) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis—Other forms... | (-) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | i | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | (16) | |||||||||||
| Influenza . | (—) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | 2 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | (41) | |||||||||||||||||
| Congenital Malformation, | (—) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Injury, Atelectasis | (—) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Atrophy and Marasmus | 15 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 37 | (27) | |||||||||||
| Syphilis | (—) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Suffocation Overlying | (—) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Violent Causes | 1 | 1 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Koad Traffic Accidents | (—) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Other Causes | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | (7) | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 29 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | —j— | 91 | (101) | |