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 Shoreditch]
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The following table gives the death rate for premature infants over a series of years:—
Shoreditch. | England and Wales. | |||||
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Year. | Total births. | Deaths from prematurity. | Death rate (per 1,000 births). | Total births. | Deaths from prematurity. | Death rate (per 1,000 births). |
1924 | 2,528 | 35 | 13.84 | 729,933 | 13,738 | 18.82 |
1925 | 2,627 | 29 | 12.18 | 710,582 | 12,534 | 17.64 |
1926 | 2,516 | 38 | 15.10 | 694,563 | 12,146 | 17.49 |
1927 | 2,188 | 26 | 11.88 | 654,172 | 12,132 | 18.55 |
1928 | 2,091 | 35 | 16.74 | 660,267 | 11,671 | 17.68 |
1929 | 2,005 | 32 | 15.96 | 643,673 | 11,992 | 18.63 |
1930 | 1,988 | 26 | 13.08 | 648,811 | 11,360 | 17.51 |
1931 | 1,684 | 14 | 8.43 | 632,081 | 11,565 | 18.30 |
1932 | 1,674 | 27 | 16.13 | 613,972 | 11,174 | 18.20 |
1933 | 1,494 | 20 | 13.39 | 580,413 | 10,885 | 18.75 |
1934 | 1,456 | 26 | 17.17 | 597,642 | 10,518 | 17.60 |
1935 | 1,290 | 16 | 12.40 | 599,167 | 10,315 | 17.21 |
1936 | 1,274 | 13 | 10.20 | 605,609 | 10,106 | 16.69 |
1937 | 1,222 | 14 | 11.46 | 610,850 | 10,374 | 16.98 |
The actual age incidence of the Shoreditch infants who died from prematurity is shown in the following table :—
Table No. 69
Year. | Births in year. | Under 1 week. | Under 1 month. | 1 and under 3 months. | 3 and under 6 months. | 6 and under 9 months. | Between 9 months and 1 year. |
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1924 | 2,528 | 26 | 33 | 2 | _ | — | — |
1925 | 2,627 | 19 | 27 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
1926 | 2,516 | 27 | 34 | 4 | — | — | — |
1927 | 2,188 | 20 | 25 | — | 1 | — | — |
1928 | 2,091 | 23 | 28 | 7 | — | — | — |
1929 | 2,005 | 20 | 31 | 1 | — | — | — |
1930 | 1,988 | 20 | 24 | 2 | — | — | — |
1931 | 1,684 | 11 | 12 | 2 | — | — | — |
1932 | 1,674 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
1933 | 1,494 | 14 | 18 | 2 | — | — | — |
1934 | 1,456 | 20 | 23 | 3 | — | — | — |
1935 | 1,290 | 12 | 15 | 1 | — | — | — |
1936 | 1,274 | 11 | 11 | 2 | — | — | — |
1937 | 1,222 | 11 | 13 | 1 | — | — | — |