London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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1961 1960 1959 1958 1957
Hackney 23.05 15.43 20.61 20.09 20.27
London 21.5 21.6 22.3 22.6 21.9
England and Wales 21.6 21.9 22.2 22.6 23.1
From the following table it will be seen that of the 83 infant deaths, 54
occurred in the first four weeks of life, and 31 of these occurred in the
first 24 hours. Some 25 deaths were associated with prematurity, and
congenital malformations accounted for 21.
CAUSES OF DEATH IN CHILDREN UNDER ONE YEAR
| Death classification | 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 | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute intestinal obstruction due to volvulus | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Asphyxia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Atelectasis | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Atelectasis, Difficult delivery | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Atelectasis and pneumothorax Bom in a caul | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Atelectasis. Prematurity | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Atelectasis. Prematurity. Mongolism. Bilateral talipes | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Circulatory failure. Intestinal obstruction. Congenital heart disease. Transposition of Great vessels | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Congenital malformations | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | 2 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | 21 |
| Difficult labour Accidental haemorrhage behind placenta | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Erythroblastosis foetalis Anaemia. Rhesus Negative mother | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Haemorrhagic disease of lungs | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Hyaline membrane disease-Prematurity | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Intracranial haemorrhage | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Lateral sinus thrombosis, due to otitis media | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Neonatal asphyxia, Cord round neck four | |||||||||||
| times, Unduly long cord | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | 9 |
| Prematurity | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | 10 | 1 | - | - | - | 11 |
| Prematurity. Induction of labour. Severe pre-eclamptic toxaemia | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Prematurity, Probable pulmonary hyaline membrane | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Pulmonary atelectasis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pulmonary syndrome of new bom | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Pulmonary syndrome, Prematurity | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Respiratory failure, Prematurity | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Sagittal sinus thrombosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Status epilepticus, Hypospadias | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Traumatic intracranial haemorrhage | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| upper Respiratory tract infection. Broncho Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Totals | 31 | 19 | 2 | - | 2 | 54 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 83 |