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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
Croydon 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The still birth rate, on the same basis as for Infant
Mortality, was 30.4 per 1,000 births.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Fifteen. cases were notified during 1939.
The following table
| 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1950 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of cases | 5 | 19 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 15 |
| Rate per 1000 births. | 1.5 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 4.5 | |
| . _ |
Results of Treatment
| Cases treated | Vision Unimpaired | vision Impaired | Died | Removed | Remaining under Treatment.etc. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified | At home | In hospital | |||||
| 15 | 12 | 3 | 11 | - | - | 2 | 2 |
Infant Mortality
The Infantile Mortality rate was 38 per. 1,000 live births
registered. This, is 2 per 1,000 births less than in 1938 and
is the lowest yet recorded.
For the past 5 years the numbers. If infant deaths have been:
1935, 147; 1936, 134, 1937, 195; 1938, 155; 1939, 130; 98 deaths of
infants occurred in institutions, including Registered Nursing
Homes. Among the 130 deaths, 71 occurred in boy babies and 59 girls.
Ox the births, 1,732 were nales and 1,$08 females. The
infantile mortality rate for the two sexes was, therefore
Boys, 41; girls,37.
The rate of infant mortality amongst illegitimate children
was 62 per 1,000. The rate in legitimate children was 36 per 1,000.