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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
Total. M. F.
Live Births:—
Legitimate 2,898 1,564 1334}
Illegitimate 106 48 58} Birtht-rate 14.0
Still Births 113 66 47 Rate per 1,000 total
births 36.2
Deaths 2,474 Death-rate 11.5
Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions 58.4
Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth:—
Rate per 1,000 Total
Deaths. Births.
Puerperal Sepsis 6 1.92
Other Puerperal causes 4 1.28
Total 10 3.28
Death-rate of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births:—
Legitimate, 48.9 Illegitimate, 94.3 Total, 50.6
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 3
,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 10
,, ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 24