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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 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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INFANT MORTALITY, 1929.

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

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...............................
Measles...........................11
Scarlet Fever.................................
Whooping Cough.....................4149
Diphtheria.................................
Erysipelas..................1...1...2
T.B. Meningitis........................1...1
Meningitis (not T.B.).....................2114
Convulsions...8.........11...23117
Laryngitis.................................
Bronchitis..................5.........5
Pneumonia (all forms) ....111147713940
Diarrhoea..................8138332
Gastritis.................................
Syphilis..................1.........1
Rickets.................................
Suffocation (overlying).................................
Injury at Birth33.........6............6
Atelectasis321......6............6
Cong. defects253......103.........13
Premature Birth813153802.........32
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...11125211...9
Other causes3...1...26432116
Totals19339987833323120194

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Senile Mortality.—The deaths which occurred in Hackney at 65
years of age and upwards during 1929 numbered 1,371, and of these
660 were between the ages of 65 and 75 years, 549 between 75 and 85
years, and 162 at 85 years and upwards. The annual mortality rate
of persons at 65 years and upwards is 6.4 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Deaths in Public Institutions.—There were 2,012 deaths in public
institutions in the Borough during 1929; of these 763 were residents
of other districts, and the remaining 1,249 were residents of Hackney.