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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

Lewisham 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Table: Neo-natal Deaths.The number of infants who died in the first four weeks of life was 60, and the causes of death were as follows:—

Neo-natal Deaths.

The number of infants who died in the first four weeks of life was 60, and the causes of death were as follows:—

Prematurity20
Atelectasis6
Broncho-pneumonia5
Bronchitis2
Difficult Delivery5
Inanition1
Congenital Heart Disease4
Malformation3
Spina Bifida4
Convulsions2
Marasmus1
Pyloric Stenosis3
Icterus Gravis1
Enteritis1
Pertussis1
Hydrocephalus1

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Investigations were made into the circumstances of the 75 stillbirths
and 60 neo-natal deaths, and it was found that 34 mothers
received no ante-natal care whatsoever, 26 paid an occasional visit
to their own doctors, 13 were supervised by a midwife, 45 attended
a Hospital clinic, and 17 had attended one of the four Ante-natal
clinics provided by the Borough Council.
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