Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The following table shows the infant deaths and infantile mortality rates for the year in the Borough and the various Electoral Wards:—
District. | Infant Deaths. | Infantile Mortality rate. |
---|---|---|
The Borough | 124 | 43.4 |
Wards:— | ||
Stamford Hill | 18 | 31.6 |
Downs | 15 | 52.8 |
West Hackney | 10 | 37.0 |
Hackney | 14 | 44.0 |
Kingsland | 14 | 50.5 |
South Hackney | 12 | 43.0 |
Clapton Park | 22 | 46.5 |
Homerton | 19 | 49.1 |
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. 1 | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 4 w eeks. | 1-3 months. | 3-6 months. | 6-9 months. | 9-12 months. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
T.B. Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis | .. | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Convulsions | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Pneumonia | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 22 |
Suffocation (overlving) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Injury at Birth | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Atelectasis | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Congenital defects | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 10 |
Premature Birth | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 27 |
Marasmus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Other causes | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
Totals | 18 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 51 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 124 |