London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
East Ham 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
This page requires JavaScript
37•
TABLE 19
| Weight at Birth | PREMATURE LIVE BIRTHS | PREMATURE STILL-BIRTHS | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born in Hospital1 | Born at home and nursed entirely at home | Born at home and transferred to hospital on or before 28th day | Born In nursing home and nursed entirely there | Born in nursing home and transferred to hospital on or before 28th day | Born In hospital | Born at home | Born In nursing home | ||||||||||||
| Total | Died within 24 hrs.of birth | Survived 28 days | Total | Died within 24 hrs.ol blrtt | Survived 28 days | Total | Died within 24 hrs.of birth | Survived 28 days | Total | Died within 24 hrs.of birth | Survived 28 days | Total | Died within 24 hrs.of birth | Survived 28 days | |||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (3) | (7) | (3) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) | |
| (a) 3 lb. 4 oz. or less (1,500 gns. or less) | 1956 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| 1957 | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | a | - | - | |
| (b) Over 3 lb. 4 oz. up to and Including 4 lb. 6 oz. (1,500 - 2,000 sns.) | 1950 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | - |
| 1957 | 11 | 1 | 10 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | |
| (c) Over 4 lb. 6 oz. up to and including 4 lb. 15 oz. (2,000 - 2,250 gas.) | 1950 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 1957 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | |
| (d) Over 4 lb. 15 oz. up to and including 5 lb. 8 oz. (2,250 - 2,500 gns.) | 1956 | 29 | - | 28 | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| 1957 | 41 | 2 | 38 | 4 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Totals | 1956 | 63 | 5 | 53 | 12 | - | 12 | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 1 | - |
| 1957 | 71 | 6 | 63 | 5 | - | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | |
* The group under this heading will include cases which may be born in one hospital and transferred to another.