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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

Hackney 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: TABLE IV—INFANT MORTALITY.1912.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE IV—INFANT MORTALITY.

1912.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE IV—INFANT MORTALITY.1912. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.
CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.>3-4 weeks.Total under 1 month.4 weeks and under 3 months.3 months and under 6 months.6 months and under 9 months.9 months and under 12 months.Total Deaths 1
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles.........11......124
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough...............316313
Diphtheria and Croup........................1l
Erysipelas1.........11.........2
Tuberculous Meningitis..................2136
Abdominal Tuberculosis................31127
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1528
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)2.........2233212
Convulsions710...220032132
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...2...24881122
Pneumonia (all forms)...4...381013131256
Diarrhœa1.........110121226
Enteritis...1......110103226
Gastritis.........122.........4
Syphilis.........114.........5
Rickets.....................3...3
Suffocation, overlying21...14101......15
Injury at Birth2.........2............2
Atelectasis7.........7.........15
Congenital Malformations641112...1......14
Premature Birth.5210857532......80
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus10593202186156
Other Causes512...8572224
Total9538162016998734937426

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Senile Mortality.— The deaths which occurred in Hackney at
65 years and upwards during 1912 numbered 888, and of these
463 were between the ages of 65 and 75 years, 316 between 75
and 85 years, and 109 at 85 years and upwards. The annual
mortality-rate of persons at 65 years and upwards is 3 9 per 1,000
Jiving.