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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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From the following table it will be seen that of the 76 infant deaths,
55 occurred in the first four weeks of life, and 33 of these occurred in
the first 24 hours. Some 19 deaths were associated with prematurity, and
congenital malformations accounted for 14.
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 | Totals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atelectasis | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Atelectasis. Prematurity | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | |||
| Brain damage | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Cerebral oedema and subdural haemorrhage due to tentorial tear | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cerebral haemorrhage Pulmonary atelectasis, Prematurity | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Congenital malformations | 6 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 10 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 14 |
| Gastro enteritis Bronchiolitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Heart failure Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Heart failure Acute Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Hyaline membrane of lungs Intraventricular haemorrhage of brain Prematurity | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Hydrops foetalis | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Intracranial haemorrhage | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Intracranial haemorrhage Inhalation of liquor amnii | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Intrapartum anoxia | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Intraventricular haemorrhage Cerebral anoxia. Pulmonary syndrome | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Intraventricular haemorrhage. Prematurity | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Marasmus Starvation (Accidental) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Meningitis B Coli | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Pneumonia. Septicaemia | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia Ante Natal Asphyxia | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Prematurity | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Prematurity Antepartum haemorrhage | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Prematurity Accidental haemorrhage | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Prematurity. Placenta praevia | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pulmonary atelectasis Maternal diabetes | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Pulmonary syndrome Prematurity | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pulmonary syndrome Intracranial haemorrhage | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pulmonary haemorrhages Thrombocytopenic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| purpura Hypoplastic anaemia | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||
| Pyelonephritis. Hydronephrosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Respiratory distress syndrome Prematurity | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Respiratory failure Haemorrhagic hypoplastic lungs | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Saggital sinus thrombosis Jejune Jejunal anastomosis | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Subdural haemorrhage due to head injury | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Suppurative pericarditis. Thrombosis of mesenteric artery | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | |||
| White asphyxia. | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| White asphyxia Prematurity Fulminating toxaemia Second of twin delivery | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Totals | 33 | 18 | 2 | 2 | - | 55 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 76 |