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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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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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 Birth | 12 | |||
| Anoxia | - | |||
| (2) Foetal States - | ||||
| Congenital'Malformations | 2 | |||
| Atelectasis | - | |||
| Haemorrhagic Disease of Newborn | 1 | |||
| (3) Prematurity | 32 | |||
| (4) PostrNatal Causes | 2 | |||
| Total 49 | ||||
| Percentage Deaths under 1 year per Total Infantile Deaths | Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 Births | |||
| 1966 | 1965 | 1966 | 1965 | |
| Injury at Birth and Congenital | 32.3 | 18.8 | 3.52 | 3.32 |
| Premature Births | 54.3 | 40.6 | 6.00 | 7.15 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 3.2 | 14.9 | 0.35 | 2.62 |
| Atelectasis, Debility and Marasmus | - | 1.0 | - | 0.17 |
| Diseases of Digestion* | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.18 | 0.35 |
| Other Causes | 8.1 | 22.8 | 0.88 | 4.02 |
*These from Gastro Enteritis
Perinatal Deaths
Stillbirths 68
Deaths in first week 45
Causes of Death
in first week
Prematurity 32
Congenital conditions 1
Atelectasis Birth Trauma 10
Perinatal Rate 19.7 per 1,000
Total (live and still) births
Pneumonia
Haemorrhagic Disease
of the Newborn 1
Other Causes 1