Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Cause of Death | Under 1 week | 1—2 weeks | 2—3 weeks | 3—4 weeks | Total under 4 weeks | 4 weeks and under 3 months | 3 months and under 6 months | 6 months and under 9 months | 9 months and under 12 months | Total deaths under 1 year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Causes | 48 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 58 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 102 |
Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Convulsions | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bronchitis | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Pneumonia | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
Inflammation of the Stomach | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
D iarrhoea and Enteritis | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Congenital Malformations | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | 3 | — | — | — | 10 |
Congenital Debility | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | 5 |
Premature Birth | 28 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 35 | — | — | — | — | 35 |
Injury at Birth | 5 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
Other Diseases Peculiar to Early Infancy | 4 | — | —_ | — | 4 | __ | — | — | — | 4 |
Inattention at Birth | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Other Causes | 2 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 9 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
Stillbirths.—The number of stillbirths assigned to the
Borough was 71, this figure being a little below the total of 74
recorded in the previous year.
Maternal Mortality.—The following table shows the
maternal death-rates for Ealing and for England and Wales in
recent years. In the report for last year it had to be recorded
that the maternal death-rate for 1935 was the highest rate recorded
in the Borough since 1911. In the year under review, however,
it is pleasing to be able to record that the maternal death-rate
is the lowest rate recorded since 1917, the total of two maternal
deaths which occurred being equivalent to a death-rate of 0.93
per thousand births. The low maternal death-rate for 1936
balances the high rate for 1935, the rate for the two years being
3.16, a very favourable rate compared with previous years and
distinctly lower than the rates for England and Wales in each of
the last five years.