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Of the total of 57 infant deaths, no leas than 51 were due to
five conditions as follows:–
Prematurity 19
Congenital Malformations, Birth
Injuries and Infantile Diseases. 16
Pneumonia 10
Gastro Enteritis 4
Whooping Cough 2
The ages at death were as follows:–
Under 24 hours 12
1-7 days 11
1-4 weeks 9
1-3 months 10
3-6 months 3
6-9 months 10
9-12 months 2
Total 57
Forty three infants died in hospital or nursing home and 35
died in the institutions whore they were born.
The Medical Officers who conduct the Antenatal Clinics are
satisfied that there has been no falling off in the health and
nutrition of the expectant mothers and that war work has not
adversely affected them to any appreciable extent, nor is there and
evidence that mothers have taken less care of their infants than in
1941 when our infantile mortality rate was the lowest of all the
groat towns in England and Wales.
On the other hand, Maternity Hospital Accommodation has been
inadequate - wards have been crowded, staffs have been short and
patients have had to bo discharged, in some cases, before they were
properly fit.
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
There was only one maternal death, giving a maternal
mortality rate of 0.92 per 1,000 births. The rate for England
and Wales was 2.29.