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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Ma le | Fema le | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| INFANT DEATHS (Deaths of Infants under one year of age) - Legitimate | 53 | 37 | 90 |
| Illegitimate | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| 63 | 46 | 109 | |
| INFANT MORTALITY RATE - All infants per 1,000 live births | 18.6 | (19.2) | |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 18. 3 | ||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate | |||
| live births | 20.3 | ||
| NE0-NATAL MORTALITY (Deaths of infants under | |||
| 4 weeks of age) - Legitimate | 32 | 31 | 63 |
| Illegitimate | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 37 | 36 | 73 | |
| NEO-NATAL MORTALITY RATE All infants per 1,000 live births | 12.5 | ||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 12.8 | ||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 10.7 | ||
| EARLY NEO-NATAL MORTALITY RATE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS (Deaths of infants under one week) | 11.1 | ||
| PERINATAL MORTALITY (82 still births and 65 deaths of infants under one week) | 73 | 74 | 147 |
| PERINATAL DEATH RATE PER 1,000 LIVE AND STILL BIRTHS | 24.8 | ||
| SUMMARY OF INFANT MORTALITY RATES Death rates per 1,000 live births All infants under 1 year of age | 18.6 | ||
| Infants under 4 weeks of age | 12.5 | ||
| Infants under 1 week of age | 11.1 | ||
| MATERNAL DEATHS (including abortion) | 2 | (Nil) | |
MATERNAL MORTALITY. The two deaths from causes associated
with pregnancy or childbirth were certified as follows:Age
Cause of death
20 Cerebral infarction due to therapeutic abortion
28 Haemorrhage from incomplete abortion
Death rates per 1,000 live and still births –
Maternal causes excluding abortion
Due to abortion 0.3
Total Maternal Mortality 0.3
All births occurring in the Borough are required to be notified to the
Medical Officer of Health under the provisions of the Public Health Act, 1936.
Nearly all the births are notified by general practitioners, midwives and hospitals
although the onus for doing so is placed on the father of the child.