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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 the cause of death during the first month of life:—
| (1) Complications of Labour- | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trauma at Birth | 4 | |||
| 4 | ||||
| (2) Foetal States— | ||||
| Congenital Heart Malformation | 2 | |||
| Other Congenital Deformities | 5 | |||
| Other Congenital Systemic Diseases (excluding Syphilis) | 5 | |||
| Atelectasis, etc. | 10 | |||
| Syphilis | 1 | |||
| 23 | ||||
| (3) Prematurity | 38 | |||
| 38 | ||||
| (4) Post-Natal Causes | 16 | |||
| 16 | ||||
| 81 | ||||
| Percentage Deaths per Total Infantile Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 Births. | |||
| 1942 | 1943 | 1942 | 1943 | |
| Premature Births | 22.6 | 28.5 | 8.9 | 10.6 |
| Respiratory Diseases (Pneumonia and Bronchitis.) | 20.4 | 20.4 | 8.1 | 7.6 |
| *Infectious Diseases (including Tuberculosis) | 5.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 0.3 |
| Atelectasis, Debility and Marasmus | 15.3 | 9.5 | 6.0 | 3.5 |
| Diseases of Digestion | 11.7 | 12.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| Injury at Birth and Congenital | 15.3 | 12.4 | 6.0 | 4.7 |
*Analysed, this was a death due to Tuberculosis.
†These deaths were due to Diarrhoea 14; Peritonitis 1; Inguinal hernia 1;
Retro pharyngeal abscess 1.
MIDWIFERY SERVICE.
Midwives Acts, 1902 to 1936.
Ninety midwives notified the Local Supervising Authority
of their intention to practice within the Borough during 1943.
Nineteen ceased practising in the Borough; so that seventy-one
remained on the Register at the end of the year. All these were
trained and held the certificate of the Central Midwives Board.