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 Beddington and Wallington]
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The following table gives the age and cause of death of each infant who died: —
No. Age. | Cause of Death. | |
---|---|---|
1. Newly Born | Asphyxia, probably caused by a woollen shawl in which child was wrapped. | |
1. 2 hours | Inanition. Premature birth. | |
1. 2 hours | Congenital debility. Delivered by cæsarean section. | |
2 hours | Prematurity. | |
12 hours | ||
5. 1 day | ||
1 day | ||
1 week | ||
1. 1 day | Convulsions. Cerebral compression, pressure on the head during parturition. | |
1. 1 day | Cardiac failure. Primary respiratory failure. Immaturity of development. | |
1. 1 day | Cyanosis. Imperfect delivery. Premature birth. | |
1. 1 day | Inanition. Premature birth. Albuminuria of pregnancy in mother. | |
2. 2 days | Prematurity. Multiple birth (twins). | |
1. 3 days | Erythro-blastic anaemia. | |
1. 6 days | Partial atelectasis. Pyloric stenosis. Peritonitis following laparotomy. | |
1. 1 week | Atelectasis. Premature birth and ante-natal uterine haemorrhage. | |
1. 1 week | Heart failure. Sclerona neonatorum. | |
1. 8 weeks | Asphyxia. Suffocation by bedclothes while sleeping with mother. | |
1. 3½ months | Cardiac failure. Asphyxia due to being suffocated by clothes covering the cot. | |
1. 4 months | Marasmus. Pink disease. Secondary colitis. | |
1. 4 months | Bronchial pneumonia. Gastro enteritis, following operation for hare lip. | |
1. 9 months | Primary thrombosis of superior longitudinal sinus. |
Fifteen, or 65.2 per cent., of the deaths occurred in the first week
of life; 18, or 78.3 per cent., occurred in the first month; and 5, or 21.7
per cent., from the second to the twelfth month.
The infantile mortality in the different Wards is given below: —
Beddington: —
North 11
Central 1
South 2
Wallington: —
North 1
Central 5
South 3
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