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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 1962

[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):-

(1) Complications of Labour-
Trauma, at Birth7
Anoxia1
8
(2) Foetal States -
Congenital Malformities9
Atelectasis4
Haemorrhagic Disease of Newborn-
13
(3) Prematurity36
36
(4) Post-Natal Causes6
6
Total63
Percentage Deaths under 1 year per Total Infantile DeathsDeaths under 1 year per 1,000 Births
1962196119621961
Injury at Birth and Congenital24.041.34.056.21
Premature Births48.025.48.103.82
Respiratory Diseases12.019.02.032.87
Atelectasis, Debility and Marasmus5.33.20.900.48
Diseases of Digestion1.31.60.230.24
Other Causes9.49.51.581.43

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*These from Gastro Enteritis
Perinatal Deaths
Stillbirths - 65 Perinatal rate - 25.2 per 1,000
Deaths in first week - 57 total (live and still) births
Causes of Death
in first week
Prematurity - 36 Infective cellulitis of neck - 1
Congenital conditions - 5 intestinal obstruction - 1
Atelectasis - 4 Broncho pneumonia - 1
Birth trauma - 7 Prematurity was a contributory
Ante-partum haemorrhage - 2 cause in 6 cases.