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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 1946
[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: —
| (1) Complications of Labour— | ||||
| Trauma and Inattention at Birth | 5 | |||
| — 5 | ||||
| (2) Foetal States— | ||||
| Congenital Heart Malformation | 3 | |||
| Other Congenital Deformities | 9 | |||
| Atelectasis, etc. | 10 | |||
| Hœmorrhagic Disease of Newborn | 1 | |||
| Uraemia | 1 | |||
| Hypernephroma of Kidney | 1 | |||
| —25 | ||||
| (3) Prematurity | 38 | |||
| —38 | ||||
| (4) Post-Natal Causes | 9 | |||
| — 9 | ||||
| 77 | ||||
| Percentage Deaths per Total Infantile Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 Births. | |||
| 1946 | 1945 | 1946 | 1945 | |
| Premature Births | 25.2 | 29.0 | 7.9 | 11.7 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 23.8 | 20.0 | 7.5 | 8.1 |
| *Infectious Diseases (including Tuberculosis) | 2.7 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 1.7 |
| Atelectasis, Debility and Marasmus | 7.3 | 6.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| †Diseases of Digestion | 16.6 | 15.2 | 5.2 | 6.1 |
| Injury at Birth and Congenital | 13.2 | 15.9 | 4.2 | 6.4 |
*These deaths were due to Whooping Cough 3 and Measles 1.
†These deaths were due to Diarrhoea 23, Intussusception 1 and Catarrhal Jaundice 1.