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
St Pancras 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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from stated causes with age distribution
| Cause of death | Age | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 day | 1 day to 1 week | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3-4 weeks | Total under 4 weeks | 4 weeks and under 3 months | 3 -5 months | 6-8 months | 9-12 months | Total deaths under 1 year | ||
| M. | F. | |||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Haemorrhagic conditions | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 4 | 7 |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Spina Bifida and Meningocele | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Congenital Hydrocephalus | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Congenital Malformations of Heart | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Other Congenital Malformations | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Injury at Birth | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 |
| Post-Natal Asphyxia and Atelectasis | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 |
| Pemphigus and Sepsis of Newborn | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Immaturity | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 10 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 7 |
| Gastro-Enteritis Haemolytic Disease of | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Newborn | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | |||
| Accidental falls | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | = | - | - | 1 | - |
| All other causes | 1 | " | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | • | 1 | 3 | |||
| All causes | 24 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 30 |
| Year | Legitimate Infants per 1.000 legitimate live births | Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | All infants per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 22 | 40 | 24 |
| 1959 | 26 | 30 | 26 |
| 1958 | 24 | 25 | 24 |
| 1957 | 21 | 24 | 21 |
| 1956 | 24 | 12 | 22 |
| 1955 | 20 | 45 | 23 |
| 1954 | 16 | 32 | 18 |
| 1953 | 24 | 30 | 24 |
| 1952 | 25 | 28 | 26 |
| 1951 | 25 | 32 | 26 |
| 1950 | 28 | 52 | 31 |
| 1949 | 31 | 30 | 31 |
| 1948 | 36 | 42 | 37 |
| 1947 | 30 | 61 | 34 |
| 1946 | 37 | 47 | 38 |
| 1945 | 40 | 65 | 44 |
| 1944 | 57 | 105 | 64 |
| 1943 | 66 | 99 | 71 |
| 1942 | 59 | 117 | 66 |
| 1941 | 52 | 44 | 51 |
| 1940 | 52 | 86 | 56 |
| 1939 | 46 | 94 | 52 |
| See also tables on pages 12 and 13 | |||