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Hackney 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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196,598. On further correcting this for age and sex distribution,
I obtain the corrected general death-rate of 14-6 per 1,000 of the
population.
Infant Mortality.—The deaths under one year of age in the
Borough during 1917, numbered 345. This is a decrease of 78 upon
the number of infant deaths recorded during 1916. The infant
mortality for the year is 92 per 1,000 births.
INFANT MORTALITY.
1917. 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 4 weeks. | 4 weeks and under 3 months. | 3 months and under months. | 6 months and under 9 months. | 9 months and under 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Convulsions | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Bronchitis | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 25 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 32 |
| Diarrhoea | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 35 |
| Enteritis | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| Gastritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Syphilis | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Suffocation, overlying | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 9 |
| Injury at Birth | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| Atelectasis | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 |
| Congenital Malformations | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 6 | 2 | ... | ... | 11 |
| Premature Birth | 34 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 48 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 50 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 12 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 81 |
| Other Causes | 4 | ... | 3 | ... | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| Total | 65 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 113 | 60 | 72 | 53 | 47 | 345 |