Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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NEONATAL DEATHS
Cause of Death | Age 0-24 hours | Age 1-7 days | Age 7-28 days | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Asphyxia (congenital abnormality) | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Asphyxia - intrapartum (retroplacental haemorrhage) | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Brain damage (hydrocephalus and myelocele) | 1 | — | 1 | |
Bronchopneumonia (prematurity; jaundice) | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Bronchopneumonia (pneumothorax and subarachnoid haemorrhage (together); respiratory distress syndrome; pre-term by caesarian section; diabetic mother) | 1 | 1 | ||
Cardiac respiratory failure (failure to commence breathing; diaphragmatic hernia) | 1 | 1 | ||
Cerebral damage (intrapartum anoxia; pneumonia) | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Congenital heart disease - anomaly (patent ductus triouspid incompetence) | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Dysmaturity and pneumothorax | - | 1 | - | 1 |
G-astro-intestinal haemorrhage (aspiration pneumonia) | 1 | 1 | ||
M ening omyelo c e1e | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Prematurity | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
Respiratory distress (prematurity) | 4 | - | - | 4 |
Respiratory distress (postmaturity) | - | - | 1 | |
Respiratory distress and cardiac distress (prematurity) | 1 | 1 | ||
TOTAL | 8 | 10 | 2 | 20 |