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 Edmonton]
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Table 8
The deaths of infants under one year of age were as follows:-
M | F | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Legitimate | 11 | 4 | 15 |
Illegitimate | 2 | - | 2 |
13 | 4 | 17 |
The death rate of all infants per l,000 live births was 13.6, The death rate of all infants
under one month of age per 1,000 live births was 12.00.
The detailed sub-division of the causes, etc., of these DEATHS is as follows:
Causes of Death | One Week | Second Week | Third Week | Fourth Week | Total under 1 Month | 1-3 Months | 3-6 Months | 6-9 Months | 9-12 Months | Total under 1 Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Myeloid Leukaemia | ||||||||||
(Atelectasis) | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
Erythroblastosis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Premature Birth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Birth Injury | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | ||
Other causes | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Congenital Malformations | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | ||
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
1-3 Months | 3-6 | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pneumonia Premature Birth | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||||
- | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
It will be seen that nearly half of the infant deaths were as the result of premature
birth. Most of the other causes were also due to insufficiently healthy pregnancy and adequate
ante-natal care is, therefore, the only answer. Only two deaths were due to causes which may
have been operating after birth These were the two deaths from Pneumonia.
Perhaps I should explain that atelectasis is inadequate expansion of the baby's lung and
that erythroblastosis is a disease of the red cells of the blood.
The prevention of Pneumonia involves many factors, improved nutrition is one, education
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