London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Havering 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]
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TABLE 7
Notifications of Premature Births
| Weight at birth | Premature live births | Premature stillbirths | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born in hospital | Born at home or in a nursing home | |||||||||||||
| Nursed, entirely at home or in a nursing home | Transferred to hospital on or before 28th day | |||||||||||||
| Total births | Died | Total births | Died | Total births | Died | Born | ||||||||
| with in 2 4 hours of birth | in 1 and under 7 days | in 7 and under 2 8 days | within 24 hours of birth | in 1 and under 7 days | in 7 and under 28 days | within 24 hours of birth | in 1 and under 7 days | in 7 and under 28 days | in hospital | at home | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |
| 1. 21b. 3oz. or less | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 5 | - |
| 2. Over 21b. 3oz. up to and including 31b. 4oz. | 17 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 8 | - |
| 3. Over 31b. 4oz up to and including 41b. 6oz. | 46 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 7 | - |
| 4. Over 41b. 6oz up to and in* cluding 41b. 15oz. | 48 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 5. Over 41b. 15oz. up to and including 51b. 8oz. | 47 | 2 | 1 | - | 13 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 6. TOTAL | 215 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 15 | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 3 |