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Islington 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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ANALYSIS OF INFANT DEATHS - 1968
(BASED ON REGISTRAR GENERAL' S RETURNS)
| Primary Cause of Death | Under 1 day | Days | Weeks | Months | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Enteritis and other diarrhoeal diseases | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| All other infective and parasitic diseases | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Benign neoplasms and neoplasms of unspecified nature | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other endrocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other diseases of blood and blood forming organs | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Meningitis | i | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other diseases of the circulatory system | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Other diseases of the respiratory system | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Intestinal obstruction and hernia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Congenital anomalies | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | |||||||||
| Birth injury, difficult labour, and other anoxic and hypoxic conditions | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 35 | |||||||||||||
| Other cuases of perinatal mertality | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Symptoms and ill-defined conditions | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accidents (non-motor vehicle) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| All other external causes | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 40 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 114 |
Estimated Child Population
| Under 1 year | 1 - 4 | Total under 5 | 5-14 | Total under 15 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islington | 4, 980 | 18, 320 | 23,300 | 29,100 | 52, 400 |
| Greater London | 128,000 | 499,700 | 627,700 | 982, 300 | 1,610,000 |
COMMENTS ON VITAL STATISTICS
(Where comparisons are made with previous years, the figures of the former Metropolitan
Boroughs of Finsbury and Islington have been combined.)
DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR
Thirty-five per cent, of all infant deaths occurred within the first twenty-four hours
following birth. From one to twelve months the greatest risk to infants was respiratory
disease; of a total of thirty-nine infant deaths in the age group one to twelve months,
thirteen were due to pneumonia.
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