Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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DETAILS OF INFANT MORTALITY
Hie following table gives the cause of death during the first month of life (Neo-natal mortality)
(l) Complications of Labour - | |
Trauma at Birth | 3 |
Anoxia | 5 |
Congenital Malformities | 7 |
Atelestasis | 3 |
Haemorrhagic Disease of Newborn | 2 |
29 | |
6 | |
55 |
DETAILS OF INFANT MORTALITY
Percentage Deaths tinder 1 year per Total Infantile Deaths | Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 Births | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
1963 | 1964 | 1963 | 1964 | |
Injury at Birth and congenital | 25.3 | 18.1 | 4. 51 | 2.75 |
Premature Births | 39.5 | 40.3 | 7.06 | 6.14 |
Respiratory Diseases | 19.8 | 4.2 | 3.53 | 0.63 |
Atelectasis, Debility and Marasmus | 1.1 | 4.2 | 0.20 | 0.63 |
Diseases of Digestion* | 2.2 | 2.8 | 0.39 | 0.42 |
Other Causes | 12.1 | 30.5 | 2. 16 | 4.66 |
*These from Gastro Enteritis
Perinatal Deaths
Stillbirths | - 58 | Perinatal rate - 23.0 per 1, 000 | |
Deaths in first week | - 52 | Total (live and still) births | |
Causes of Death in first week | |||
Prematurity | - 28 | Asphyxia | - 5 |
Congenital conditions | 6 | Haemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn | - 2 |
Atelectasis | 3 | ||
Birth Trauma | - 3 | Murder | - 1 |
Pneumonia | 3 | Meningitis | - 1 |