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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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SUMMARY OF INFANT MORTALITY 1960
(Based on Registrar General's Returns)
Primary Cause of Death
Under 1 day
Days
Weeks
Months
1960
1959)
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
15 - 6
6-7
7 - 8
8 - 9
9 - 10
10 - 11
11 - 12
Totals
Totals
Measles
Whooping Cough
(1)
Meningococcal Infection.
1
1
(1)
Tuberculosis - Lungs
(1)
Tuberculosis - Other form
Bronchitis
1
1
(2)
Pneumonia
2
1
1
1
1
7
2
1
1
1
1
19
(16)
Influenza
Enteritis and Diarrhoea.
1
1
(1)
Premature Birth
22
7
5
1
2
37
(16)
Congenital Malformation
Birth Injury, Atelectasis
Atrophy and Marasmus
19
4
1
2
1
1
8
3
2
1
1
43
(61)
Syphilis
Suffocation Overlying
(1)
Violent Causes
1
1
2
(5)
Road Traffic Accidents
All Other Causes
3
1
1
5
(4)
TOTALS
46
11
6
3
2
1
11
1
1
4
8
4
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
109
(109)