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East Ham 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Number of births notified during the period 1/1/51 to 31/12751, under
Section 203 of the Public Health Act, 1936, as adjusted by transferred
notifications :-
(a) Live births ;- (b) Still births j- (c) Totals
(i) Domiciliary 430 (i) Domiciliary 2 (i) Domiciliary 432
(ii) Institutional 1,274 (Ii) Institutional 36 (iI) Institutional 1,310
Number of premature Infants notified ) (1) born at home 20
during the year (including transferred )
notifications) whose mothers normally ) (2) born in hospital
reside in the area ) or nursing home 77
Premature babies born in area (whether their mothers normally reside
in area or not) excluding those born in maternity homes and hospitals in
the National Health Service
TABLE 16 PREMATURE INFANTS BORN AT HOME
| Birth Weight | Transferred to nospital | Nursed Entirely at Home | Grand Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Died in first 24 hours | Died on 2nd to 7th day | Died on 8th to 28th day | Survived 28 days | Total | |||
| 2 lbs. 3ozs or less | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Over 2 lbs. 3 ozs. and up to 3 lbs 4 ozs. | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Over 3 lbs. 4 ozs. and up to 4lbs 6 ozs. | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Over 4 lbs. 6 ozs. and up to 4 lbs 15 ozs. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Over 4 lbs. 15 ozs. and up to 5 lbs 8 ozs. | 1 | 2 | - | - | 11 | 13 | 14 |
| Totals | 4 | 3 | - | - | 13 | 16 | 20 |
Note The weight groupings quoted above differ from those used in
previous years, and have been adopted to render British
statistics comparable to those of other nations.