London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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(Based on Registrar General's Returns)
| Primary Cause of Death | Under 1 day | Days | Weeks | Months | 1963 | 1962 | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis - Lungs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis - Other forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | (16) | |||||||||||||
| Influenza | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | 2 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 15 | 2 | 17 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Congenital Malformation, Birth Injury, Atelectasis, Atrophy and Marasmus | 35 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 51 | (58) | ||||||||||||||
| Syphilis | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Suffocation Overlying | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Violent Causes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Road Traffic Accidents | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| All other causes | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | (9) | ||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 58 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 111 | 111 | ||||