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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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SUMMARY OF INFANT MORTALITY 1961
(Based on Registrar General's Returns)
| Primary Cause of Death | Under 1 day | Days | Weeks | Months | 1961 | (1960) | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis - Lungs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis - Other form. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pneumoaia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2. | 2 | 1 | 15 | (19) | ||||||||||||
| Influenza | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | (37) | |||||||||||||||||
| Congenital Malformation, Birth Injury, Ateleetasis, Atrophy and Marasmus | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 55 | (43) | ||||||
| Syphilis | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Suffocation Overlying | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Violent Causes | 1 | 1 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Road Traffic Accidents | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| All other causes | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | (5) | ||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 44 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 115 | (109) | |