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Shoreditch 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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11.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The deaths of infants under one year numbered 14 of which 9 were males.
These deaths amounted to 2.64 per cent of the total net Shoreditch deaths from
all causes, as compared with 3.45 per cent in 1961. The infantile mortality
rate (death rate of infants under one year per 1,000 live births) for
Shoreditch was 20.86, the rate for England and Wales being 21.6 and that for
London 21.1 Four illegitimate infants died.
The number of deaths of infants under 4 weeks of age was 9* which gives
a neo-natal rate of 13.41.
INFANTILE MORTALITY IN THE BOROUGH DURING 1962.
| CAUSE OF DEATH | A G S | 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 | ||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Prematurity | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| Congenital malf ormation | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Accident | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 14 | ||
MATERNAL MORTALITY, 1962.
No maternal death was recorded during the year.
The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales and for Shoreditch for the past seven years are given below:-
| Maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live and Still Births | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 1961 | I960 | 1959 | 1958 | 1957 | 1956 | |
| England and Wales | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.39 | O.38 | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.56 |
| Shoreditch | Nil | Nil | 1.46 | Nil | 2.66 | Nil | Nil |
CANCER
The deaths from cancer in the borough during the year numbered 92 as
compared with 78 in 1961.