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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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Live Births | Still Births | Deaths | Infant Mortality | Neonatal Mortality | Early Neonatal Mortalitv | Perinatal Mortality | Maternal Deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 16. 3 | 13 | 11.9 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 23 | |
| Greater London | 15.7 | 13 | 11.5 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 23 | 0. 2 |
| Inner London Boroughs | 15.7 | 13 | 11.9 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 0. 2 |
| London Borough of Hackney | 16.9 | 16 | 12. 5 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 29 | - |
| London Borough of Islington | 14.7 | 13 | 12.9 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 0.7 |
| London Borough of Tower Hamlets | 12. 3 | 13 | 14.6 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 23 | 0.8 |
| Weight at birth | Premature live births | Premature stillbirths | Total premature live and still births | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born in hospital | Born at home | ||||||||
| Died | Born | ||||||||
| TOtal births in hospital | Within 24 hours of birth | In 1 and under 7 days | In 7 and under 28 days | Nursed entirely at home | Transferred to hospital on or before 28th day | In hospital | At home | ||
| Up to and including 3 lb. 4 ozs. | 48 | 18 | 13 | 2 | - | 3 (a) | 23 | - | 74 |
| Over 3 lb. 4 ozs. and up to and including 5 lb. 8 ozs. | 309 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 4 (b) | 20 | 369 | |
| Total | 357 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 43 | - | 443 |
(a) One baby died 24 hours of birth and another within 7 days.
(b) One of these babies died within 24 hours of birth.
DEATHS
Allowing for the reduced number of deaths in 1969, 2,793 as against 2,957
in 1968, the pattern of causes of death has remained the same.
An analysis of the 102 deaths of infants under one year of age shows that
68 were due to peri-natal causes, birth injuries and congenital anomalies and
that 34 were due to an infection. Details are set out below:Analysis
of deaths of children under one year of age
Eiiteritis 1
Meningococcal infection 1
Pneumonia 19
Other respiratory causes 13
Intestinal obstruction and hernia 1
Other diseases of digestive system 2
Congenital anomalies 12
Birth injury 13
Other causes of perinatal mortality 19
All other external causes 1
102