Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
This page requires JavaScript
24
The causes of death are set out in the following table:—
INFANT MORTALITY, 1921.
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 6 months. | 6 months and under 9 months. | 9 months and under 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Diphtheria and Croup | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 3 |
Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Tuberculous Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Meningitis (Not Tuberculous) | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Convulsions | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Bronchitis | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 7 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 43 |
Diarrhoea | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 65 |
Enteritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Gastritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 |
Syphilis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Suffocation (overlying) | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
Injury at Birth | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Atelectasis | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 9 |
Congenital Malformation | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 2 | ... | ... | 39 |
Premature Birth | 40 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 52 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 55 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 35 |
Other Causes | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 41 |
78 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 123 | 65 | 67 | 44 | 30 | 329 |
Senile Mortality.—The deaths which occurred in Hackney at
65 years of age and upwards during 1921 numbered 940, and of
these 448 were between the ages of 65 and 75 years, 381 between
75 and 85 years. and 111 at 85 and upwards. The annual
mortality rate of persons at 65 years and upwards is 4.2 per 1,000
inhabitants.