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Chelsea 1961
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1961
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INFANT MORTALITY
Deaths of infants under one year totalled 16 as compared with
12 during 1960, giving a rate of 24 0 1 per 1,000 live births. The
infant mortality rate for England and Vales is 21„*f<,
The increase in deaths during the year was mainly due to the incidence
of prematurity which was returned as 9 as against 2 in the previous
year. It will be noted from the following summary that of the 16
deaths recorded, 15 occurred before the age of one week.
INFANT MORTALITY
| Cause of Death | Under 1 Week | 1-2 weeks | 2-4 weeks | 1-3 months | TOTAL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Prematurity | 3 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 6 |
| Asphyxia | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Congenital Heart Disease | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Hydrocephalus | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Massive infarction of Placenta | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Haemolytic disease of the new born- | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Haemorrhagic Diathesis | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| TOTALS | 6 | 9 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 10 |