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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 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: CARE OF PREMATURE INFANTS

CARE OF PREMATURE INFANTS

(1) Number of live premature infants notified during 1969 who were born*
(i) at home or in a nursing home28
(ii) in hospital*289
(2) The number of those born at home or in a nursing home -
who were nursed entirely there22
who were transferred to hospital on or before the 28th day6
who died during the first 24 hours—
who died in 1 and under 7 days1
who died in 7 and under 28 days—
who survived at the end of one month27
(3) Number of those born in hospital -
who died during the first 24 hours8
who died in 1 and under 7 days30
who died in 7 and under 28 days2
who survived at the end of one month249
(4) Number of premature still births who were born
(i) at home or in a nursing home2
(ii) in hospital33

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The group under this heading includes cases which may
be born in one hospital and transferred to another.