Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 | ||
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Premature Birth, Injury at Birth and Congenital Defects | 41 | 29.1 |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 13 | 9.3 |
Diarrhœal Diseases | 2 | 1.4 |
Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 11 | 7.8 |
Convulsions | 2 | 9.3 |
Meningitis | 1 | 0.7 |
Whooping Cough | 3 | 2.1 |
Overlaid in Bed | 3 | 2.1 |
Tuberculous Diseases | 4 | 2.8 |
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. | ||
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Hornsey | 69 | Huddersfield | 99 |
Croydon | 87 | Reading | 75 |
Leyton | 66 | Devonport | 103 |
Tottenham | 86 | York | 93 |
Walthamstow | 95 | Rochdale | 104 |
Willesden | 82 | Northampton | 110 |
East Ham | 94 | Aston Manor | 111 |
West Ham | 101 | Stockport | 137 |
Wolverhampton | 107 | ||
Walsall | 113 | ||
St. Helens | 123 | ||
Middlesbrough | 144 | ||
Swansea | 123 | ||
Wigan | 131 |