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TABLE 2.—Infantile Mortality—According to Age-Group and Sex.
Code
No.
CAUSE OF DEATH
Under
1 week
1 and
under
2 weeks
2 and
under 4
weeks
1 and
under 3
months
3 and
under 6
months
6 and
under 9
months
9 and
under 12
months
Total
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
7
Diarrhoea
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
1
1
1
1
4
2
8
Enteritis
12
Congenital malformation
—
—
—
1
—
—
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
1
13
Premature birth
1
3
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
3
15
Atelectasis
—
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
3
16
Injury at birth
2
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
1
20
Meningitis (not tuberculous)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
—
—
1
1
25
Pneumonia (all forms)
—s
—
—
1
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
3
27
Other causes
—
—
—
—
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
Totals
3
6
—
2
1
2
5
—
2
1
1
4
—
—
12
15
9
2
3
5
3
5
—
27
No infantile death occurred from the following causes not shown in the table : Small-pox, chicken-pox, measles,
scarlet fever, diphtheria and membranous croup, whooping cough (Code Nos. 1—6), tuberculous meningitis,
abdominal tuberculosis, other tuberculous diseases (Nos. 9—11), atrophy, debility and marasmus (No. 14), erysipelas,
syphilis, rickets (Nos. 17—19), convulsions, gastritis, laryngitis, bronchitis (Nos. 21—24), suffocation, overlying
(No. 26).
Mortuary.—Nine bodies (6 male, 3 female) were deposited at the Public Mortuary, Chiltern Street.
No post-mortem examinations were carried out.
Crematorium.—Three hundred and sixty-nine certificates authorising cremation at the St. Marylebone
Crematorium, Finchley, were issued—262 by the Medical Referee (Dr. H. A. Bulman), and 107 by
the Deputy Medical Referee (Dr. W. H. S. Wallace).
SECTION B.—GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES.
Staff.—Dr. F. H. Morrell commenced duty as Tuberculosis Officer on the 1st February, 1947.
Mr. C. D. Turbayne, an able administrative assistant who had served the Department for 20 years,
resigned on the 17th August, 1947, on his appointment as Chief Clerk in the Borough Engineer's
Department of Ealing. Miss J. Jones, an administrative assistant with wide knowledge of the Council's
maternity and child welfare service, retired on the 31st August, 1947, on account of impaired eyesight,
after 31 years' service in the Department. She was succeeded by Miss S. L. Pritchard, whose position
as home helps organiser was filled by Miss M. J. Wakeford on the 29th December, 1947.
Miss M. T. Challis, a clerk-dispenser, resigned on the 30th June, 1947, on marriage, after 26 years'
service in the Department, preceded by 7 years with the St. Marylebone Tuberculosis Dispensary
when this was conducted by a voluntary body.
With regard to the sanitary inspectorial staff, Mr. H. E. Scoble, M.B.E., seconded for civil defence
duties during the war, resumed duty in the Department on the 1st January, 1947. Mr. J. W. Chanell
resigned on the 28th February, 1947, to take up a position as sanitary inspector in the Rural District
of Battle, Sussex. Mr. P. H. Hill, a retired inspector who continued his appointment in a temporary
capacity, finally terminated his service on the 30th June, 1947. Three new inspectors were appointed :
Messrs. J. R. Baily and L. Pearson, who took up their duties on the 1st August, 1947, and Mrs. M. I.
Tiplady, who commenced work on the 1st September, 1947.
Miss J. Crowther was appointed as a Tuberculosis Visitor as from the 11th August, 1947, and an
additional clerical assistant (Miss D. L. Offen) was allotted to the Tuberculosis Dispensary on the
13th October, 1947.
Training of Sanitary Inspectors.—The Council expressed their willingness to co-operate in the scheme of
the Ministry of Health to secure the supply and training of sanitary inspectors, and since April, 1947,
two ex-service students at a time have been received into the Department for approximately three
months' practical training in the duties.
Also at the request of the Ministry of Health, a sanitary inspector from Ceylon was afforded facilities
for studying food administration work in the Borough during July, 1947,