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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The following table gives the cause of death during the first month of life :—
| Percentage Deaths per Total Infantile Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 Births. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | 1945 | 1944 | 1945 | |
| Premature Births | 32.1 | 29.0 | 14.0 | 11.7 |
| Respiratory Diseases (Pneumonia and Bronchitis.) | 17.3 | 20.0 | 7.5 | 8.1 |
| Infectious Diseases (including Tuberculosis) | 4.5 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
| Atelectasis, Debility and Marasmus | 9.6 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 2.5 |
| (Diseases of Digestion | 10.3 | 15.2 | 4.5 | 6.1 |
| Injury at Birth and Congenital | 15.4 | 15.9 | 6.7 | 6.4 |
*These deaths were due to Tuberculosis 1, Whooping Cough 2 and Measles 3.
IThese deaths were due to Diarrhoea 19, Gastritis 1, Strangulated Inguinal Hernia 1
and Acute Oesophagitis 1.
MIDWIFERY SERVICE.
Midwives Acts, 1902 to 1936.
Eighty-three midwives notified the Local Supervising
Authority of their intention to practice within the Borough
during 1945. Twenty-four ceased practising in the Borough; so
that fifty-n ine remained on the Register at the end of the year.
All these were trained and held the certificate of the Ontral Midlives
Board,