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Wembley 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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relating to survival of premature infants at the end of 24 hours
and at the end of a month are only of births taking place within
the Borough boundary. Much consideration is being given to
the problem of prematurity and the possibility of saving premature
births at the present time, and from the Wembley figures
it is obvious that attack on this problem is now practically the
only way one may expect a decrease in infant mortality rates in
the Borough.
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