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 | 155 | 56.4 |
Wards:— | ||
Ridley | 9 | 48.3 |
Downs | 15 | 83.7 |
Town Hall | 6 | 33.3 |
Graham | 53.3 | |
Dalston | 6 | 40.2 |
Culford | 100.9 | |
Stamford | 12 | 61.5 |
Springfield | 12 | 40.9 |
Maury | 7 | 36.8 |
Southwold | 10 | 53.1 |
Leaside | 70.0 | |
Marsh | 9 | 58.8 |
Wick | 11 | 64.7 |
Chatham | 9 | 59.6 |
Park | 8 | 43.0 |
Tudor | 68.3 |
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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
T.B. Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Pneumonia | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 13 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 39 | ||
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 31 | ||
Suffocation (overlying) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | |
Injury at Birth | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
Atelectasis | 1 | .. | ... . | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
Congenital defects | 5 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | ||||
Premature Birth | 9 | 11 | 1 | .. | 23 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 26 | |
Marasmus | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Other causes | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
Totals | 17 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 66 | 43 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 155 |