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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
Fulham 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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Infant Deaths CAUSES OF DEATH IN CHILDREN UNDER ONE YEAR
| Under 24 hours | 1 day – 1 week | 1 – 2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3 – 4 weeks | TOTAL under 4 weeks | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6 – 9 months | 9-12 months | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atelectasis | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| Atresia of Oesophagus | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Bronchitis | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Congenital Causes | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Cyanotic Attacks | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Fibrocystic Disease | – | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Fractured Skull (Road Accident) | – | – | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Gastro Enteritis | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Haemorrhage Disease of Newborn | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Intracranial Haemorrhage | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Marasmus | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Oesophago-Tracheal Fistula | – | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Prematurity | 6 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 16 | ||||||
| Rhesus Incompatability | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Spina Bifida Meningocele | – | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Toxaemia of Mother | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Whooping Cough | – | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 46 |
The large number of deaths in the first month are due to prematurity, congenital
malformation and complications of labour.
The Infant death rate was 27.0 per 1,000 live births (19 4 in 1954).
Maternal Mortality
There were two deaths in child birth giving a rate of 1.1 per 1,000 births (live and
still). The causes of the deaths were as follows:-
Haemorrhage from ruptured ectopic gestation (3-4 weeks) Aged 24
2. Post Partum Haemorrhage due to uterine inertia. (following
Caesarean section) .. .. .. .. .. Aged 37