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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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Table: The causes of death are set out in the following table :—

The causes of death are set out in the following table :—

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.
Measles.................................
Scarlet Fever.................................
Whooping Cough.....................1146
Diphtheria........................1...1
Erysipelas.....................1......1
T.B. Meningitis........................1...1
Meningitis........................l23
Convulsions...2.........2......l...3
Bronchitis..................11l...3
Pneumonia......2......2333718
Diarrhoea......11...27103224
Suffocation (overlying).................................
Injury at Birth...2.........2............2
Atelectasis2............2............2
Congenital defects21031117524...28
Premature Birth311031...453.........48
Marasmus......112431......8
Other causes1l.........2.........24
Totals362510437822191017152