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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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DETAILS OF INFANT MORTALITY
The following table gives the cause of death during the first month of life (Neo-natal mortality):-
| (1) | Complications of Labour - | ||||||
| Trauma at Birth | 3 | 3 | |||||
| (2) | Foetal States - | ||||||
| Congenital Maiformities | 10 | ||||||
| Atelectasis | 3 | ||||||
| Haemorrhagic Disease of Newborn | 1 | ||||||
| 14 | |||||||
| (3) | Prematurity | 20 | |||||
| 20 | |||||||
| (4) | Post-Natal Causes | 2 | |||||
| - | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 39 | ||||||
| Percentage Deaths under 1 year per Total Infantile Deaths | Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 Births Deaths | ||||||
| 1956 | 1957 | 1956 | 1957 | ||||
| Premature Births | 31.3 | 31.7 | 5.83 | 5.70 | |||
| Respiratory Diseases | 23.9 | 17. 5 | 4.44 | 3.13 | |||
| Infectious Diseases | 1. 5 | ø 3.2 | 0. 28 | 0.57 | |||
| Atelectasis. Debility and Marasmus | 3.0 | 4.8 | 0. 56 | 0.85 | |||
| Diseases of Digestion | 6. 0 | * 3. 2 | 1. 11 | 0. 57 | |||
| Injury at Birth and Congenital | 23.9 | 28.6 | 4. 44 | 5. 13 | |||
ø This death was due to meningoencephalitis
• These from Gastro enteritis
Perinatal Deaths
Stillbirths - 72)
Deaths in first week - 35)
Causes of Death in first week
Prematurity - 20
Congenital conditions- 9
Atelectasis - 3)
Cerebral haemorrhage - 3)
35
Perinatal rate - 30 per 1,000
total (live and still) births
Prematurity was a contributory
cause in 3 cases