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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 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: DETAILS OF INFANT MORTALITYHie following table gives the cause of death during the first month of life (Neo-natal mortality)

DETAILS OF INFANT MORTALITY

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

(l) Complications of Labour -
Trauma at Birth3
Anoxia5
(2) Foetal States -
Congenital Malformities7
Atelestasis3
Haemorrhagic Disease of Newborn2
(3) Prematurity29
(4) Post-Natal Causes6
Total55

Table: DETAILS OF INFANT MORTALITY

DETAILS OF INFANT MORTALITY

Percentage Deaths tinder 1 year per Total Infantile DeathsDeaths under 1 year per 1,000 Births
1963196419631964
Injury at Birth and congenital25.318.14. 512.75
Premature Births39.540.37.066.14
Respiratory Diseases19.84.23.530.63
Atelectasis, Debility and Marasmus1.14.20.200.63
Diseases of Digestion*2.22.80.390.42
Other Causes12.130.52. 164.66

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*These from Gastro Enteritis

Table: Perinatal Deaths

Perinatal Deaths

Stillbirths- 58Perinatal rate - 23.0 per 1, 000
Deaths in first week- 52Total (live and still) births
Causes of Death in first week
Prematurity- 28Asphyxia- 5
Congenital conditions6Haemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn- 2
Atelectasis3
Birth Trauma- 3Murder- 1
Pneumonia3Meningitis- 1