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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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CAUSES OF DEATH IN CHILDREN UNDER ONE YEAR
| Under 24 hours | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asphyxia - caused by obstruction to air way whilst lying in her perambulator | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Atelactasis with Prematurity | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Atelectasis | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Bacillary Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Cardiac Failure, Reticulo-endotheliosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cerebral Compression and Haemorrhage | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Congestive Heart Disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Congenital Malformations | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 8 |
| Convulsions and Broncho-Pneumonia | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Gastro Fnteritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
| Haemorrhagic Disease | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Intracranial Haemorrhage | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Pneumonia | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| Prematurity | 7 | 10 | - | - | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | 17 |
| Tentorial Tear | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Totals | 13 | 19 | 3 | 1 | - | 36 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 48 |
Malignant Disease. The 344 deaths in 1953 from malignant disease showed the following age, sex and site distribution:-
| Age Group | Site and Sex distribution | Totals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stomach | Lung, bronchus | Breast | Uterus | Other | |||||||
| M | F | M | F | U | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| 0-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 1-5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5-15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 15-25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 25-45 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 7 | 5 | 28 |
| 45-65 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 5 | - | 14 | - | 4 | 30 | 29 | 131 |
| 65-75 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 4 | - | 5 | - | 2 | 26 | 22 | 109 |
| 75 and upwards | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | - | 5 | - | 3 | 24 | 22 | 72 |
| Totals | 21 | 25 | 78 | 14 | - | 26 | - | 11 | 90 | 79 | 344 |