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East Ham 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1936 - SECTION 203
Number of births notified during the period 1/1/52 to 31/12/52, as
adjusted by transferred notifications
(a) Live births:- (b) Still births:- (c) Totals
(i) Domiciliary 335 (i) Domiciliary 5 (i) Domiciliary 340
(ii) Institutional 1,261 (ii) Institutional 24 (ii) Institutional 1,285
Premature Births
Number of premature infants notified ) (1) born at home 14
during the year (including transferred)
notifications) whose mothers normally ) (2) born in hospital
reside in the area:- or nursing home 88
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 Services-
TABLE 15 PREMATURE INFANTS BORN AT HOME
| Birth Weight | Transferred to hospital | Nursed Entirely at Home | Total | Premature Still Births | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Died in first 24 hours | Died on 2nd to 7th day | Died on 8th to 28th day | Survived 28 days | ||||
| 2lbs. 3ozs. or less | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Over 2lbs. 3 ozs. and up to 3 lbs. 4 ozs. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Over 3 lbs. 4 ozs. and up to 4 lbs. 6 ozs. | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Over 4 lbs.6 ozs. and up to 4 lbs. 15 ozs. | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | |
| Over 4 lbs. 15 ozs. and up to 5 lbs 8 ozs. | - | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| Totals | 1 | - | - | - | 13 | 14 | 5 |
Note:- The weight groupings quoted above differ from those used
prior to 1951, and have been adopted to render British
statistics comparable to those of other nations.