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 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 |