[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames] page 9

Kingston upon Thames 1958

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

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Table: The approximate infant mortality rate for 1958 and the rates since 1954 are shown for purposes of comparison.

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The approximate infant mortality rate for 1958 and the rates since 1954 are shown for purposes of comparison.

	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958
Kingston-upon-Thames	20	15	24	13	15
England and Wales	25	25	24	23	22

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	k6
1941 - 1945	52
1946 - 1950	25
1951 - 1955	21

Table: The following are the numbers in age groups of Kingston-upon-Thames children who died during 1958 before reaching the age of one year, together with the cause of death.

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The following are the numbers in age groups of Kingston-upon-Thames children who died during 1958 before reaching the age of one year, together with the cause of death.

Age	Total Deaths	Acute Bronchitis	Broncho Pneumonia	Prematurity	Bilateral Cerebral Haemorrhage
0 - 24 hours.	4	—	—	3	1
24 hrs. - 1 mth.	1	-	-	1	-
1 mth. - 1 yr.	3	1	2	-	-
Totals	8	1	2	4	1

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Kingston upon Thames 1958

Table: The approximate infant mortality rate for 1958 and the rates since 1954 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.

Table: The following are the numbers in age groups of Kingston-upon-Thames children who died during 1958 before reaching the age of one year, together with the cause of death.