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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| (1) Number of live premature babies notified during 1957 who were born - | |
| i) at home | 40 |
| (ii) in private nursing homes | 4 |
| (iii) in hospital * | 135 |
| (2) The number of those born at home - | |
| who were nursed entirely at home | 33 |
| who were transferred to hospital on or | |
| before the 28th day | 7 |
| who died during the first 24 hours | - |
| who survived at the end of one month ... | 40 |
| (3) The number of those born in private nursing homes - | |
| who died during the first 24 hours | - |
| who survived at the end of one month | 4 |
| (4) Number of those born in hospital - | |
| who died during the first 24 hours | 15 |
| who survived at the end of one month | 114 |
| (5) Number of premature still births who were bom - | |
| (i) at home | 1 |
| (ii) in private nursing homes | - |
| (iii) in hospital | 33 |
* The group under this heading will include cases which may
be born in one hospital and transferred to another.