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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Comparable infant mortality figures for Hackney, London, and England and
Wales for the last five years:-
| 1959 | 1958 | 1957 | 1956 | 1955 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackney | 20.61 | 20.09 | 20. 27 | 17.81 | 23. 18 |
| London | 22. 3 | 22.6 | 21.9 | 21. 4 | 23. 20 |
| England and Wales | 22. 2 | 22.6 | 23. 1 | 23.8 | 24. 90 |
From the following table it will be seen that of the 65 infant deaths, 47
occurred in the first four weeks of life and 25 of these occurred in the first
24 hours Some 21 deaths were associated with prematurity, and congenital
malformations accounted for ten.
| Death classification | Under 24 hours | 1 day to 1 week | 1 - 2 meek s | 2 - 3 weeks | 3 - 4 weeks | Total under 4 week s | 1 - 3 months | 3 - 6 months | 6 - 9 months | 9 - 12 months | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute capilliary bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Acute purulent pneumococcal meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Anoxia and placental insufficiency | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Anoxia and placental insufficiency. Small subdural haemorrhage | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Asphyxia neonatorum. Prematurity | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Asphyxia. Partial Atelectasis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Atelectasis | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Atelectasis. Prematurity | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Atelectasis. Ante partum respiration of liquor and meconium | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Atelectasis. Erythroblastosis foetalis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Carbon monoxide poisoning due to inhalation of domestic gas at home (murder) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Cerebral haemorrhage. Prematurity | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital causes | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 10 |
| Haemorrhagic disease of newborn | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Hyaline membrane disease. Caesarian section. Prematurity | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Intracranial haemorrhage | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Intra uterine asphyxia. Premature separation of placenta. Ante partum haemorrhage | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | . | - | 1 | |
| Liver necrosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Massive pulmonary haemorrhage. Prematurity | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | I | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Prematurity | 7 | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Prematurity. Maternal accidental haemorrhage | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Prematurity. Tentorial tear | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pulmonary atelectasis. Cerebral oedema .. | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Pulmonary oedema due to fulminating virus infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Respiratory failure. Prematurity | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Subdural haemorrhage | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Totals | 25 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 65 |