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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Infant mortality. There were 44 deaths of children under one year,
giving an infant mortality rate of 17.81 per thousand live births as
compared with a rate of 23.8 (provisional) for England and Wales. In
both cases the rates are the lowest ever recorded.
Comparable infant mortality figures for Hackney, London and England and Wales for the last five years:-
| 1956 | 1955 | 1954 | 1953 | 1952 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackney | 17.81 | 23.18 | 19.21 | 19.57 | 19.78 |
| London | 21.4 | 23.20 | 20.68 | 24.80 | 23.80 |
| England and Wales | 23.8 | 24.90 | 25.50 | 26.80 | 27.60 |
CAUSES OP 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-Inhalation of stomach contents into air passage | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Asphyxia pallida. Toxaemia of pregnancy | 1 | - | _ | - | _ | 1 | - | - | _ | - | 1 |
| Atelectasis | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Atelectasis. Immaturity | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cardiac failure due to Erythroblastosis foetalis | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage. Prematurity | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, Rupture of vein of Galen. Breech delivery | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, White asphyxia and anoxia. Prematurity | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Coal gas poisoning (Infanticide) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Congenital Malformations | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Intracranial damage. Difficult labour. Lower segment Caesarean section | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Intra partum asphyxia. Cord around neck | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Letterer-Siwe's Disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Meningitis. Meningomyelocele Hydrocephalus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 5 | |
| Prematurity | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Prematurity. Atelectasis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Pulmonary Atelectasis. Neonatal asphyxia | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pulmonary collapse, Oesophagobronchial fistula | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pulmonary Haemorrhage. Haemorrhagic disease of newborn | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Respiratory failure. Prematurity | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Want of attention at birth | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Totals | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 44 |