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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 1936

[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..............1348
Scarlet Fever......................
Whooping Cough............533..11
Diphtheria......................
Erysipelas..................11
T.B. Meningitis..................11
Meningitis............31..15
Convulsions......................
Bronchitis........1I321..7
Pneumonia....11..215105941
Diarrhoea............101112437
Suffocation (overlying)......................
Injury at Birth22......4........4
Atelectasis211....4........4
Congenital defects2624..14614126
Premature Birth127. ...12021....23
Marasmus......112122. .7
Other causes..41..27412115
Totals18205655449333222190

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MATERNAL MORTALITY.
During 1936 there were 4 deaths of Hackney women from
causes directly connected with childbirth. This represents a deathrate
of 1.28 mothers per 1,000 total births. The total number
of births was 3,112.
The actual causes of death were:—
1. Obstetric shock. Syncope following prolonged labour.
2. Toxaemia. Pregnancy (full term). Chronic parenchymatous
nephritis.
3. Uraemia. Acute nephritis. Toxaemia of pregnancy.
partum haemorrhage.
4. Pulmonary oedema. Cerebral haemorrhage. Embolism from
placental site. Parturition 5 days.