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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
London County Council 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Cause of death | Age at death | Total | Rates per 1,000 live births | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 7 day | 1 to 7 days | 1 to 4 wks. | 4 wks. to 1 yr. | No. | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | ||
| Whooping cough | Leg. | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | |||
| Illeg. | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Tuberculosis | Leg. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Illeg. | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Measles | Leg. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Illeg. | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Convulsions | Leg. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Illeg. | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Bronchitis and pneumonia | Leg. | 4 | 23 | 8 | 111 | 91 | 3.34 | ||||
| Illeg. | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| Gastro enteritis and diarrhoea | Leg. | – | – | 4 | 18 | 13 | 0.48 | ||||
| Illeg. | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Congenital malformation | Leg. | 32 | 30 | 41 | 97 | 105 | 3.86 | ||||
| Illeg. | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| Immaturity | Leg. | 121 | 57 | 12 | 2 | 129 | 4.74 | ||||
| Illeg. | 21 | 12 | – | ||||||||
| Injury at birth | Leg. | 73 | 63 | 4 | – | 100 | 3.67 | ||||
| Illeg. | 6 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||
| Post-natal asphyxia and atelectasis | Leg. | 111 | 73 | 7 | – | 123 | 4.52 | ||||
| Illeg. | 18 | 11 | – | ||||||||
| Haemolytic disease | Leg. | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0.40 | ||||
| Illeg. | – | – | 1 | ||||||||
| Accidental mechanical suffocation | Leg. | 2 | – | – | 10 | 12 | 7 | 0.26 | |||
| Illeg. | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Other causes | Leg. | 21 | 18 | 14 | 61 | 78 | 2.87 | ||||
| Illeg. | 12 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||
| All causes Leg | g. M. | 221 | 160 | 40 | 161 | 582 | 23.44 | ||||
| Illeg. M. | 27 | 30 | 14 | 75 | 31.45 | ||||||
| F. | |||||||||||
| Total, 1957 | 438 | 317 | 104 | 301 | 657 | 24.14 | |||||
| Total, 1956 | 359 | 346 | 125 | 276 | 630 | 23.62 | |||||
| Leg. M. | 156 | 196 | 62 | 145 | 559 | 22.96 | |||||
| Illeg. M. | 34 | 18 | 7 | 71 | 30.59 | ||||||
The pattern of infant mortality remains much the same as in the previous year.
The increase in the total rate from 21.20 in 1956 to 22.00 in 1957 was largely accounted
for by an increased number of deaths of illegitimate babies ; last year the infant mortality
rate for illegitimate infants was exceptionally low.
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