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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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DETAILS OF INFANT MORTALITY
The following tables gives the causes of death during the first month of life (Neo-natal Mortality):-
| Trauma at Birth | 6 |
| Anoxia | - |
| Congenital Malformations | 10 |
| Atelectasis | 8 |
| Haemorrhagic Diseases of Newborn | - |
| 42 | |
| 11 | |
| 77 |
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| Percentage Deaths under 1 year per Total Infantile Deaths | Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 Births | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 1967 | 1966 | 1967 | |
| Injury at Birth and Congenital | 32.3 | 22.7 | 3.52 | 4.48 |
| Premature Births | 5^8 | 38.2 | 6.00 | 7.52 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 3.2 | 11.0 | 0.35 | 2.15 |
| Atalectasis, Debility and Marasmus | - | 7.2 | - | 1.43 |
| Diseases of Digestion* | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.18 | 0.18 |
| Other causes | 8.1 | 20.0 | 0.88 | 3.94 |
* These from Gastro Enteritis
Perinatal Deaths
Stillbirths - 87
Deaths in first week - 66
Perinatal Rate - 27 per 1,000
Total (live and still) births
Causes of Death
in first week
Prematurity -41
Congenital conditions - 7
Atelectasis - 7
Birth Trauma - 6
Pneumonia - 1
Diarrhoea & Enteritis - 1
Other causes - 3