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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
Croydon 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Seventeen cases were notified during 1941.
The following table gives the notifications in Croydon during the past eleven years:-
| 1932 | 1933 | 1931 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of cases | 21 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 17 |
| Rate per 1,000 | 6.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4 .7 | 7.0 |
| Births |
Results of Treatment.
| Cases treated | Vision Unimpaired | Vision Impaired | Died | Removed | Remaining under Trestment etc. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified | At home | In hospital | 12 | - | 1 | 4 | - |
| 17 | 4 | 13 | |||||
Infant Mortality.
The Infantile Mortality rate was 37 per 1,000 live births registered.
For the past 5 years the numbers of infant deaths have been 1937, 195;
1938, 135: 1939,130; 1940, 116; 1941, 90; 58 deaths of infants occurred
in Institutions, including Registered Nursing Homes.
Among the 90 deaths, 54 occurred in boy babies and 36 in girls.
Of the births, 1215 were males and 1193 females. The infantile mortality
rate for the two sexes was, therefore:-
Boys 44; Girls, 31.
The rate of infant mortality amongst illegitimate children was
44 per 1,000. The rate in legitimate children was 37 per 1,000.
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