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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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CARE OF PREMATURE INFANTS
h) Number of live premature babies notified during 1962 who were
*born -
(i) at home 29
(ii) in private nursing homes 1
(iii) in hospital* 239
(2) The number of those born at home -
who were nursed entirely at home 26
who were transferred to hospital on or
before the 28th day 3
who died during the first 24 hours -
who survived at the end of the month 29
(3) Hie number of those born in private nursing homes -
who died during the first 24 hours -
who survived at the end of the month 1
(4) Number of those born in hospital -
who died during the first 24 hours 32
who survived at the end of one month 207
I5I Number of premature still births who were born -
(1) at home 4
(ii) in private nursing homes
(iii) in hospital 36
*The group under this heading will include cases which
may be bom in one hospital and transferred to another.