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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 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: INFANT MORTALITY, 1927.Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under1year of age.

INFANT MORTALITY, 1927.

Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under1year of age.

Cause of Death.Under 24 hrs.1 day to 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Total.
Small-pox.................................
Chicken-pox...........................11
Measles.................................
Scarlet Fever.................................
Whooping Cough..................434314
Diphtheria...........................11
Erysipelas........................1...1
T.B. Meningitis.....................2......2
Other T.B. Diseases..................11......2
Meningitis (not T.B.).....................32...5
Convulsions...21......5121110
Larnygitis.........• • •......• • •............
Bronchitis.........1...1121...5
Pneumonia (all forms)......21...6719101254
Diarrhoea.........1...14115122
Enteritis......1......1323110
Gastritis..................2.........2
Syphilis.................................
Rickets........................1...1
Suffocation (overlying)......1......121......4
Injury at Birth......1......1............1
Atelectasis2311...7............7
Cong. defects141......671......14
Premature Birth2317311453.........48
Atrophy, Debility and.................................
Marasmus...211...422......8
Other causes61...3...10122...15
Totals3229121148838513020227

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Senile Mortality.—The deaths which occurred in Hackney at 65
years of age and upwards during 1927 numbered 1,140, and of these
554 were between the ages of 65 and 75 years, 443 between 75 and 85
years, and 143 at 85 years and upwards. The annual mortality rate
of persons at 65 years and upwards is 5.0 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Deaths in Public Institutions.—There were 1,762 deaths in public
institutions in the Borough during 1927; of these 684 were residents
of other districts, and the remaining 1,078 were residents of Hackney.