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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The following table gives information concerning the accommodation utilized for confinements:—
| Number. | Percentage. | |
|---|---|---|
| In Private Houses | 1,310 | 31.81 |
| In Public Institutions | 1,883 | 45.73 |
| Registered Maternity Homes | 925 | 22.46 |
| 4,118 |
Still Births.
During 1943, 109 still births were registered in respect of
Croydon. Of these 53 were male babies and 56 female; 5 males
and 7 females were illegitimate. The proportion of still births
to living children was as 1 to 34. The still birth rate was 2.9
per cent, of the total births. The still birth rate, on the same
basis as for Infant Mortalty, was 28.8 per 1,000 births.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Ten cases were notified during 1943.
The following table gives the notifications in Croydon durmg the past ten years :—
| 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No of Cases | 13 | 13 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 10 | |||||
| Rate per 1,000 Births | 4.0 | 3.9 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 2.7 | |||||
| Notified. | Cases treated. | Vision Unimpaired. | Vision Impaired | Died. | Removed | Remaining under Treatment | |||||||||
| At home. | In hospital | 8 | — | 1 | 1 | — | |||||||||
| 10 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||
Infant Morality.
The Infantile Mortality rate was 37 per 1,000 live births
registered.
For the past 5 years the number of infant deaths have been
1939—130, 1940—116, 1941—90, 1942—137, and 1943—137. 110
deaths of infants occurred in Institutions, including Registered
Nursing Homes.
Among the 137 deaths, 77 occurred in boy babies and 60 in
girls. Of the births, 1,937 were males and 1,739 females. The
infantile mortality rate for the two sexes was, therefore, Boys—
40, Girls—35.