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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

Hornsey 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: The principal causes of death among infants under one year of age were : —

The principal causes of death among infants under one year of age were : —

Equal to a death-rate per 1,000 births of
Premature birth and congenital defects3421.6
Bronchitis and Pneumonia1610.2
Marasmus and Debility148.9
Tubercular Diseases53.1
Diarrhoea53.1
Whooping Cough42.5
Meningitis42.5
Convulsions31.9
Measles21.2
Accident21.2

Table: The infantile mortality of towns in Greater London and of a number of towns of population approximately equal to that of Hornsey is shown in the following table: —

The infantile mortality of towns in Greater London and of a number of towns of population approximately equal to that of Hornsey is shown in the following table: —

Greater LondonTowns of approximately equal population to Hornsey.
Croydon96Reading118
Willesden117Wolverhampton136
Tottenham116Coventry108
West Ham156St. Helens131
East Ham129Huddersfield119
Leyton94York130
Walthamstow104Swansea131
Hornsey67Stockport167
Rochdale198
Northampton123
England and Wales128
76 Great Towns140

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The following table gives the number of deaths of infants
under 1 year at each month of age, the deaths during the first
month of life being further stated for each week : —