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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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SUMMARY OF INFANT MORTALITY 1958
(Based on Registrar General's Returns)
| Primary Cause of Death | Under 1 day | Days | Weeks | Months | 1958 | (1957) | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Meningococcal Infection | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis - Lungs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis - Other form | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | (12) | ||||||||||
| Influenza | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 2 | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||
| Congenital Malformation, Birth Injury, Atelectasis Atrophy and Marasmus | 29 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 57 | (59) | |||||||
| Syphilis | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Suffocation Overlying | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Violent Causes | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Road Traffic Accidents All Other Causes | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | (5) | ||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 41 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 107 | (94) | |||