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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Infant mortality
Table (xi)—
| Cause of death | Age at death | Total | Rates per 1,000 live births | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under I day | 1 to 7 days | 1 to 4 wks. | 4 wks. to 1 yr. | No. | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | ||
| Whooping cough | Leg. | — | — | . | 3 | 2 | 0.05 | 0.07 | |||
| Illeg. | — | — | |||||||||
| Tuberculosis | Leg. | — | — | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||
| lleg. | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Measles | Leg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Illeg. | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Bronchitis and pneumonia | Leg. | 10 | 15 | 18 | 157 | 208 | 113 | 3.63 | 3.85 | ||
| Illeg. | — | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| Gastro.enteritis and diarrhoea | Leg. | — | — | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0. 16 | 0.14 | ||
| Illeg. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Congenital | Leg. | 34 | 50 | 46 | 104 | 248 | 121 | 4.32 | 4.12 | ||
| malformation | Illeg. | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||||||
| Injury at birth | Leg. | 75 | 49 | 6 | — | 146 | 95 | 2.55 | 3.23 | ||
| Illeg. | 14 | 2 | — | ||||||||
| Post.natal asphyxia and atelectasis | Leg. | 111 | 61 | .. | 2 | 208 | 134 | 363 | 4.56 | ||
| Illeg. | 18 | 14 | 2 | ||||||||
| Haemolytic disease | Leg. | 21 | 8 | — | — | 31 | 15 | 054 | 0.51 | ||
| Illeg. | 2 | — | —/ | ||||||||
| Immaturity | Leg. | 114 | 55 | 8 | 2 | 213 | 126 | 3.71 | 4.29 | ||
| Illeg. | 25 | 9 | — | ||||||||
| Convulsions | Leg. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Illeg. | — | — | —/ | ||||||||
| Accidental | Leg. | — | —_ | — | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | 009 | 0.17 | |
| mechanical | Illeg. | — | — | — | |||||||
| suffocation | |||||||||||
| Other causes | Leg. | 30 | 30 | 18 | 64 | 159 | 95 | 2.77 | 3.23 | ||
| Illeg. | 9 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||
| All causes | Leg. M. | 228 | 163 | 56 | 307 | 1,068 | 614 | 21 01 | 23.58 | ||
| Illeg. M. | 44 | 24 | 9 | 39 | 164 | 97 | 25 11 | 29.05 | |||
| Total, 1960 | 467 | 303 | 116 | 346 | 1,232 | 711 | 21 48 | 24.20 | |||
| Total, 1959 | 432 | 322 | 112 | 372 | 1,238 | 702 | 22 43 | 24.73 | |||
| Leg. M. | 202 | 179 | 49 | 337 | 1,087 | 620 | 22 00 | 24.34 | |||
| Illeg. M. | 41 | 18 | 35 | 151 | 82 | 26.19 | 28.10 | ||||
| 8 | |||||||||||
The pattern of infant mortality remains much the same as in the previous year.
The trend since 1951 is as follows:
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