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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 1960
[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)
| Complications of Labour - | |||
| Trauma at Birth | 5 | ||
| Asphyxia (Toxaemia) | 3 | 8 | |
| Foetal States - | |||
| Congenital Malformities | 7 | ||
| Atelectasis | 2 | ||
| Haemorrhagic Disease of Newborn | 3 | ||
| 12 | |||
| Prematurity | 28 | ||
| 28 | |||
| Post-Natal Causes | 4 | 4 | |
| 52 | |||
DETAILS OF INFANT MORTALITY
| Percentage Deaths under 1 year per Total Infantile Deaths | Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 Births | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 1959 | |||
| Injury at Birth and Congenital | 17. 5 | 23. 8 | 3. 50 | 4.99 |
| Premature Births | 35.0 | 30.0 | 6.98 | 6. 31 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 22. 5 | 12. 5 | 4. 49 | 2. 63 |
| Atelectasis. Debility and Marasmus | 2. 5 | 0. 50 | 2. 34 | |
| Diseases of Digestion* | 2.5 | 1. 2 | 0. 50 | 0. 26 |
| Other causes | 20.0 | 21.3 | 4.00 | 4. 47 |
•These from Gastro enteritis
Perinatal Deaths
Stillbirths - 61 Perinatal rate - 26 per 1,000
Deaths in first week - 46 total (live and still) births
Causes of Death in first week
Prematurity - 27 Breech delivery after
Congenital conditions - 6 rapid labour - 1
Atelectasis - 2 Asphyxia - 2
Cerebral haemorrhage - 3 Haemorrhagic disease of
Ante-partum haemorrhage - 1 newborn - 3
Toxaemia of pregnancy - 1 Prematurity was a contributory
cause in 3 cases.