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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The following table of Infant deaths has been compiled from the Department's records. It will be seen that of the 103 infant deaths, 67 occurred in the first four weeks of life, and 40 of these in the first 24 hours.
| Death classification | Under 24 hours | 1 day to 1 week | 1 - 2 weeks | 2 - 3 week s | 3-4 weeks | Total under 4 week s | 1 - 3 non ths | 3 - 6 non th $ | , 6 - 9 nonths | 9 - 12 ton th s | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asphyxia Neonatorum. Cerebral haemorrhage. Prematurity | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Atelectasis | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Atelectasis due to congenital malformation of heart | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Atelectasis of the lungs. Plug of mucus in trachia | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Atelectasis. Prematurity | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Atelectasis. Lack of attention at bi rth | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Bi-lateral tentorial tear. Breech delivery | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | . | - | 4 | |
| Cerebral haemorrhage. Prematurity | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Cerebral haemorrhage. Precicipate breech delivery | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | _ | _ | _ | - | 1 |
| Chickenpox. Severe congenital heart lesions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Congenital malformations | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| Congestive heart failure. Congenital heart disease. Respiratory infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Congenital disease. Epilepsy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - . | 1 |
| Congestive heart failure. Congenital heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Entero colitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Hyaline membrane disease.Prematurity | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Hyaline membrance syndrome prema turity | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Hydrops foetalis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Intracranial haemorrhage | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Intercranial haemorrhage. Breech delivery. Prematurity | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Intrapartum anoxia | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Marasmus anaemia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Meningitis B. Coli | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Menlngoccal septicaemia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Neonatal asphyxia. Partial atelectasis | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Pneumonia | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| Pneumonia. Congenital laryngeal stridor | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Prematurity | 10 | 4 | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | 14 |
| Prematurity. Anencephalic infarction. | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Prematurity.Intracranial haemorrhage | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Prematurity.Congenital hydrocephalus | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Prematurity. Resorption atelectasis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Pulmonary Hyaline membrane dlease. Prematurity | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Pulmonary syndrome. Prematurity | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Respiratory distress. Prematurity | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Respiratory distress syndrome. Extreme prematurity | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Raised intracranial pressure due to subdural effusion due to post meningltic achesions | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Subdural haemorrhage. Bilateral tentorial tear, meconium peritonitis. Rupture of intestine stresla of llieum | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Subdural haemorrhage. Tentorial tear Breech presentation | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Totals | 40 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 67 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 103 |