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Shoreditch 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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11.
The Table on page 9 showing causes of death at all ages has been supplied
by the Registrar-General.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The deaths of infants under one year numbered 16 of which 12 were males.
These deaths amounted to 2.89 per cent of the total net Shoreditch deaths from
all causes, as compared with 3.17 per cent in 1958. The infantile mortality
rate (death rate of infants under one year per 1,000 live births) for Shoreditch
was 26.84, the rate for England and Wales being 22.2 and that for London 22.3
One illegitimate infant died.
The number of deaths of infants under 4 weeks of age was 10, which gives
a neo-natal rate of 16.77.
INFANTILE MORTALITY IN THE BOROUGH DURING 1959.
| CAUSE OF DEATH | AGES | SEX | Total deaths under 1 year | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 day | 1 day to 1 week | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3-4 weeks | Total under 1 month | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6-9 months | 9-12 months | Male | Female | ||
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Atelectasis | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Prematurity | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Congenital malformation. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Haemolytic disease of new born | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Intracranial haemorrhage | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Found dead | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 12 | 4 | 16 |
MATERNAL MORTALITY, 1959.
No maternal death was recorded during the year.
The maternal mortality rates in England and Wales and in Shoreditch during the past seven years are given below :-
| Maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live and Still Births. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 1958 | 1957 | 1956 | 1955 | 1954 | 1953 | 1952 | |
| England and Wales | 0.38 | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.56 | 0.64 | 0.69 | 0.76 | 0.72 |
| Shoreditch | Nil | 2.66 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |