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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 1972

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: DETAILS OF INFANT MORTALITYThe following table gives the causes of death during the first month of life (Neo-natal Mortality):-

DETAILS OF INFANT MORTALITY

The following table gives the causes of death during the first month of life (Neo-natal Mortality):-

(1) Complications of Labour
Trauma of Labour17
(2) Foetal States -
Congenital Malformations8
(3) Prematurity14
(4) Post-Natal Causes9
Total48
Percentage Deaths under 1 year per Total Infantile DeathsDeaths under 1 year per 1.000 Births
1971197219711972
Injury at Birth and Congenital29.446.44.36.5
Premature Births27.021.83.93.1
Respiratory Diseases12.815.91.92.2
Atalectasis, Debility and Marasmus11.5-1.7-
Diseases of Digestion *1.31.40.20.2
Other causes18.014.52.62.0

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* These from Gastro~Enteritis
Perinatal Deaths
Stillbirths - 61
Deaths in first week - 42
Causes of Death
in first week
Prematurity - 14 Pneumonia -2
Congenital conditions- 6 Other causes -3
Meningitis - 1
Birth Trauma - 16
Perinatal Rate 21 per 1,000
Total (live and still) births