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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The deaths which occurred during the year in institutions for
the sick in the Borough are shown in the following table:—
| Name of Institution. | Persons belonging to the Borough. | Persons not belonging to the Borough. | Total Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooke House, Upper Clapton Road | - | 5 | 5 |
| Convent of the Sacred Heart, Homerton | - | — | — |
| Eastern Fever Hospital, Homerton | 19 | 113 | 132 |
| French Hospital, Victoria Park Road | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| German Hospital, Dalston | 37 | 77 | 114 |
| Hackney Hospital, Homerton | 646 | 271 | 917 |
| Metropolitan Hospital, Kingsland | 36 | 79 | 115 |
| Nursing Home, 46, Amhurst Park | — | — | — |
| Do. 4, Navarino Road | — | — | — |
| Do. 2 and 3, Queensdown Road | — | 9 | 9 |
| Do. 262, Victoria Park Road | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| St. Francis Home for Incurables, 157, Richmond Road | 1 | 1 | |
| St. Joseph's Hospice, Mare Street | 12 | 109 | 121 |
| St. Mary's Home, 153, Stamford Hill | — | — | — |
| Salvation Army Maternity Hospital, Lower Clapton Road | 6 | 32 | 38 |
| Totals | 762 | 699 | 1,461 |
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The deaths of 155 children under the age of twelve months were
allocated to Hackney by the Registrar-General during 1938. This
number of deaths gives an infantile mortality rate of 56.4 per
1,000 live births.
The following is a table of the infantile deaths and death rates n England and Wales, London and Hackney in 1938, together with the infantile death rates in five-year periods.
| District. | 1938. | Infantile Mortality Rates in five year periods. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of deaths of children under 1 year of age. | Infantile Mortality Rate. | |||
| 1933-37. | 1928-32. | |||
| England and Wales | 32,473 | 53.0 | 59 | 66 |
| London | 3,104 | 56.9 | 62 | 66 |
| Hackney | 155 | 56.4 | 52 | 57 |