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Hackney 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Infantile Mortality.—The deaths under 1 year of age in the
Borough during 1923 numbered 257. This is a decrease of 87
upon the number of infants deaths recorded during 1922. The
infant mortality rate for the year is 58 per 1,000 births.
The cause& of death are set out in the following table :—
INFANT MORTALITY. 1923.
| Cause of Death. | Under 1 week | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3-4 weeks | Total under 4 weeks | 4 we' ks ard under 3 months. | 3 months and under 6 months. | 6 months and under 9 month . | 9 months and under 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Meningitis (Not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 5 |
| Convulsions | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 7 |
| Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Bronchitis | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ... | 10 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 46 |
| Diarrhoea | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Enteritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 |
| Gastritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Syphilis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Suffocation (overlying) | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| Injury at Birth | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Atelectasis | 8 | 1 | ... | ... | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 |
| Congenital Malformation | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | ... | 1 | 19 |
| Premature Birth | 38 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 58 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 29 |
| Other Causes | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 40 |
| 71 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 116 | 42 | 41 | 35 | 23 | 257 |
Senile Mortality.—The deaths which occurred in Hackney at
65 years of age and upwards during 1923 numbered 930 and of
these 485 were between the ages of 65 and 75 years, 337 between