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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 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Details of infant mortalityThe following table gives the cause of death during the first month of life (Neo-natal mortality):-

Details of infant mortality

The following table gives the cause of death during the first month of life (Neo-natal mortality):-

(l) Complications of Labour-
Trauma at Birth9
Asphyxia (Toxaemia)2
11
(2) Foetal States-
Congenital Malformities10
Atelectasis2
Haemorrhagic Disease of Newborn2
14
(3) Prematurity16
16
(14) Post-Natal Causes-
-
Total41
Percentage Deaths under 1 year per Total Infantile DeathsDeaths under 1 year per 1.000 Births
L1961196019611960
Injury at Birth and Congenital41.317.56.213.50
Premature Births25.435.03.8 26.98
Respiratory Diseases19.022.52.874.49
Atelectasis, Debility and Marasmus3.22.50.480.50
Diseases of Digestion*1.62.50.240.50
Other causes9.520.01.434.00
'These from Gastro Enteritis

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Perinatal Deaths
Stillbirths - 54 Perinatal rate - 21.4 per 1,000
Deaths in first week - 37 total (live and still) births
Causes of Death
In first week
Prematurity - 13 Accidental -1
Congenital conditions - 8 Cerebral oedema - 1
Atelectasis - 2 Haemorrhagic disease of newborn -2
Cerebral haemorrhage - 8
Ante-partum haemorrhage - 2 Prematurity was a
tributory cause in 1 case.