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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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SUMMARY OF INFANT MORTALITY 196 2
(Based on Registrar General's Returns)
| Primary Cause of Death | Under 1 day | Days | Weeks | Months | 1962 | 1961 | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis - Lungs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis - Other form | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | (15) | |||||||
| Influenza | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | 2 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | (18) | |||||||||||||||||
| Congenital Malformation Birth Injury, Atelectasis Atrophy and Marasmus | 30 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 58 | (55) | |||||||||
| Syphilis | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Suffocation Overlying | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Violent Causes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Road Traffic Accidents | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| All other causes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 46 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 111 | 115 | ||