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Hornchurch 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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The figures for the last 6 years are subjoined.
| Year. | No. of deaths under one year. | Rate. |
|---|---|---|
| 1935 | 50 | 48.0 |
| 1934 | 53 | 57.4 |
| 1933 | 37 | 51.8 |
| 1932 | 33 | 53.9 |
| 1931 | 37 | 62.5 |
| 1930 | 33 | 72.7 |
Neonatal Mortality.
This term is applied to the deaths of children under one month. There
were 30 of such deaths yielding a rate of 23.0 per 1,000 births for the year.
Prematurity was the cause of death in 15 cases and Congenital Malformation
in 6 cases.
Pneumonia was the cause of death in 9 of the 32 children who were
more than one month old.
The following table shows the deaths from stated causes at various
ages under one year of age:—
Table—INFANT MORTALITY, 1936.
Deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age.
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | ||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | ||||||||||
| Diphtheria | ||||||||||
| Influenza | ||||||||||
| Tuberculosis | ||||||||||
| Meningitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Convulsions | ||||||||||
| Bronchitis | ||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |||||
| Congenital Malformation | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Congenital Debility | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Premature Birth | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 19 | |||
| Injury at Birth | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Atelectasis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Icterus | ||||||||||
| Suffocation | ||||||||||
| Inattention at Birth Other causes | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |