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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 1965

[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 Birth7
Anoxia-
(2) Foetal States -
Congenital Malformities13
Atelectasis1
Haemorrhagic Disease of Newborn2
(3) Prematurity41
(4) Post-Natal Causes5
Total69

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):-

Percentage Deaths under 1 year per Total Infantile DeathsDeaths under 1 year per 1,000 Births
19651965
Injury at Birth and Congenital18.83.32
Premature Births40.67.15
Respiratory Diseases14.92.62
Atelectasis, Debility and Marasmus1.00.17
Diseases of Digestion*2,00.35
Other Causes22.84.02

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*These from Gastro Enteritis
Perinatal Deaths
Stillbirths - 71 Perinatal Rate - 22.6 per 1,000
Deaths in first week - 60 Total (live and still) births
Causes of Death
in first week
Prematurity - 39
Congenital' conditions - 10
Atelectasis - 1
Birth Trauma - 7
Pneumonia - 1
Haemorrhagic Disease
of the Newborn - 2