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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 1952
[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
1948—120, 1949—116, 1950—96, 1951—68, and 1952—69.
Among the 69 deaths, 41 occurred in boy babies and 28 in
girls. Of the births, 1,801 were males and 1,667 females. The
infantile mortality rate for the two sexes was, therefore, Boys—
23, Girls—17.
Sixty-four deaths of infants occurred in Institutions,
including Registered Nursing Homes.
The following table gives the cause of death during the first month of life : —
| (1) Complications of Labour— | ||
| Trauma at Birth | 2 | |
| — | 2 | |
| (2) Foetal States— | ||
| Congenital Deformities | 9 | |
| Atelectasis, etc. | 3 | |
| I hemorrhagic Disease of Newborn | 4 | |
| — | 16 | |
| (3) Prematurity | 27 | |
| — | 27 | |
| (4) Post-Natal Causes | 3 — | 3 |
| — 48 — |
Percentage Deaths
under 1 year per
Total Infantile Deaths.
Deaths under 1 year
per 1,000 Births
1952 1951 1952 1951
Premature Births 39.1 38.2 7.80 7.19
Respiratory Diseases 15.9 14.7 3.17 2.76
Infectious Diseases — 1.5 — 0.28
Atelectasis, Debility and
Marasmus
4.3 7.4 0.87 1.38
Diseases of Digestion 2.9* 2.9 0.58 0.55
Injury at Birth and Congenital 15.9 25.0 4.90 4.70
*These deaths were due to Diarrhoea