Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 (Neo-natal mortality):-
Trauma at Birth | 9 | |||
Asphyxia (Toxaemia) | 2 | |||
11 | ||||
Congenital Malformities | 10 | |||
Atelectasis | 2 | |||
Haemorrhagic Disease of Newborn | 2 | |||
14 | ||||
(3) Prematurity | 16 | |||
16 | ||||
- | ||||
- | ||||
41 | ||||
Percentage Deaths under 1 year per Total Infantile Deaths | ||||
L | ||||
Injury at Birth and Congenital | 41.3 | 17.5 | 6.21 | 3.50 |
Premature Births | 25.4 | 35.0 | 3.8 2 | 6.98 |
Respiratory Diseases | 19.0 | 22.5 | 2.87 | 4.49 |
Atelectasis, Debility and Marasmus | 3.2 | 2.5 | 0.48 | 0.50 |
Diseases of Digestion* | 1.6 | 2.5 | 0.24 | 0.50 |
Other causes | 9.5 | 20.0 | 1.43 | 4.00 |
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.