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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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For the past 5 years the number of infant deaths has been
1946—151, 1947—194, 1948—120, 1949—13 6, and 1950—96.
Among the 96 deaths, 47 occurred in boy babies and 49 in
girls. Of the births, 1,851 were males and 1,859 females. The
infantile mortality rate for the two sexes was, therefore, Boys—
25, Girls—26.
84 deaths of infants occurred in Institutions, including
Registered Nursing Homes.
The following table gives the cause of death during ihe first month of life:—
| (1) Complications of Labour— Placenta Prasvia | 1 | |||
| 1 | ||||
| (2) Foetal States— | ||||
| Congenital Heart Malformation | 4 | |||
| Other Congenital Deformities | 1 | |||
| Atelectasis, etc. | 5 | |||
| Hemorrhage Disease of Newborn | 4 | |||
| 14 | ||||
| (3) Prematurity | 42 | |||
| 42 | ||||
| (4) Post-Natal Causes | 5 | |||
| 5 | ||||
| 62 | ||||
| Percentage Deaths per Total Infantile Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 Births | |||
| 1950 | 1949 | 1950 | 1949 | |
| Premature Births | 45.8 | 35.3 | 11.9 | 10.2 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 18.8 | 18.1 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| infectious Diseases (Including Tuberculosis) | 1.1† | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.50 |
| Atelectasis, Debility and | ||||
| Marasmus | 6,3 | 11.2 | 1.6 | 3.26 |
| Diseases of Digestion | 10.4* | 5.2 | 2.7 | 1.49 |
| Injury at Birth and Congenital | 9.4 | 18.1 | 2.4 | 5.23 |
†This death was due to Whooping Cough
*These deaths were due to Diarrhoea, 8 Oastritis 1, Intussusception 1