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Kingston upon Thames 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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Table: The approximate infant mortality rate for 1950 and the rates since 1945 are shown for purposes of comparison.

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The approximate infant mortality rate for 1950 and the rates since 1945 are shown for purposes of comparison.

	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950
Kingston-upon-Thames	43	29	22	23	20	30
England & Wales	46	43	41	34	32	30
London Area	53	41	37	31	29	26

Table: It will he seen, from the following figures, that since the war ended, the Quinquennial Infant Mortality Rate has been more than halved.

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It will he seen, from the following figures, that since the war ended, the Quinquennial Infant Mortality Rate has been more than halved.

Period	Infant	Mortality Rate.
1921 - 1925		69
1926 - 1930		56
1931 - 1935		56
1936 - 1940		46
1941 - 1945		52
1946 - 1950		25

Table: The following are the numbers of Kingston Children who died during 1950 in the Borough before reaching the age of one year, together with the cause of death and ages-

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The following are the numbers of Kingston Children who died during 1950 in the Borough before reaching the age of one year, together with the cause of death and ages-

Age	Total Deaths	Hypostatic pneumonia -spina bifida	An63SGephaly - prematurity	Gonp^nital atelectasis	Gastro Enteritis	Erythroblastosis Foetalis	Prematurity	iSubdural haemorrhage -birth injury	Infective hepatitis	Asphyxia by overlaying	Bronch Pneumonia	Broncho Pneumonia,Myelocele	Asphyxia by inhalation of stomach contents	Asphyxia by inhalation of vomit at operation	Superior Longitudinal sinus thrombosis, It.lateral sinus thrombosis, otitis media, broncho pneumonia
0-24 hours	4	-	1	1	-	-	2	–	-	–	–	-	-	-	-
24hrs. -lmth.	9	1	-	-	1	1	3	1	_	-	-	1	1	-	-
1mth.-1 year	6	-	-	-	-	-	—	_	1	1	1	-	1	1	1
Totals	19	1	1	1	1	1	5	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1

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Kingston upon Thames 1950

Table: The approximate infant mortality rate for 1950 and the rates since 1945 are shown for purposes of comparison.

Table: It will he seen, from the following figures, that since the war ended, the Quinquennial Infant Mortality Rate has been more than halved.

Table: The following are the numbers of Kingston Children who died during 1950 in the Borough before reaching the age of one year, together with the cause of death and ages-