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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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| 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, Injury at Birth and | ||
| Congenital Defects | 30 | 19.8 |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 8 | 5.3 |
| Diarrhceal Diseases | 6 | 3.9 |
| Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 14 | 9.2 |
| Convulsions | 4 | 2.6 |
| Measles | 5 | 3.3 |
| Meningitis | 3 | 1.9 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 2.6 |
| Overlaid in Bed | ' 2 | 1.3 |
| Tuberculous Diseases | 5 | 3.3 |
The infantile mortality of towns in Greater London and a number of towns of population approximately equal to that of Hornsey is shown in the following table :—
| Greater London. | Towns of approximately equal population to Hornsey. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hornsey | 57 | Huddersfield | 95 |
| Croydon | 80 | Reading | 95 |
| Leyton | 82 | Devonport | 96 |
| Tottenham | 89 | York | 99 |
| Walthamstow | 91 | Rochdale | 104 |
| Willesden | 97 | Northampton | 110 |
| East Ham | 100 | Aston Manor | 124 |
| West Ham | 124 | Stockport | 132 |
| Wolverhampton | 138 | ||
| Walsall | 139 | ||
| St. Helens | 150 | ||
| Middlesbrough | 158 | ||
| Swansea | 159 | ||
| Wigan | 173 | ||