[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames] page 5

Kingston upon Thames 1956

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

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Table: The approximate infant mortality rate for 1956 and the rates since 1952 are shown for purposes of comparison.

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The approximate infant mortality rate for 1956 and the rates since 1952 are shown for purposes of comparison.

	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956
Kingston- upon- Thames	24	24	20	15	24
England and Wales	27	26	25	25	24

Table: It will be seen from the following figures that since the war ended the Quinquennial Infant Mortality Rate was more than halved by 1950, and has since dropped even further.

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It will be seen from the following figures that since the war ended the Quinquennial Infant Mortality Rate was more than halved by 1950, and has since dropped even further.

Period	Infant Mortality Rate
1921-1925	69
1926-1930	56
1931-1935	56
1936-1940	46
1941-1945	52
1946-1950	25
1951-1955	21

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The following are the numbers in age groups of Kingatonupon-Thames
children who died during 1956 before reaching the
age of one year, together with the cause of death.

Table: The very favourable Infant Mortality Rate of 1955 has not been attained this year owing to the occurrence of 4 deaths of infants between the age of 1 month-1 year, none of which could reasonably be said to be preventable. The only preventable infant death was one abandoned at birth.

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The very favourable Infant Mortality Rate of 1955 has not been attained this year owing to the occurrence of 4 deaths of infants between the age of 1 month-1 year, none of which could reasonably be said to be preventable. The only preventable infant death was one abandoned at birth.

Age	Total Deaths	Prematurity	Cerebral Haemorrhage	Congenital Heart Disease	Cardiac Failure	Congenital Deformities	Icterus Neonatorum	Suppurative Broncho Pneumonia	Diabetes Mellitua	Meningocele	Inhalation of Birth Fluids
0-24 hours	5	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1
24 fairs. -1 mth.	4	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
1 mth. - 1 yr.	4	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-
Totals	13	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1

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Kingston upon Thames 1956

Table: The approximate infant mortality rate for 1956 and the rates since 1952 are shown for purposes of comparison.

Table: It will be seen from the following figures that since the war ended the Quinquennial Infant Mortality Rate was more than halved by 1950, and has since dropped even further.

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Table: The very favourable Infant Mortality Rate of 1955 has not been attained this year owing to the occurrence of 4 deaths of infants between the age of 1 month-1 year, none of which could reasonably be said to be preventable. The only preventable infant death was one abandoned at birth.