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 Ilford]
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The following table gives the deaths of infants under one year of age, classified according to age: —
Infant Deaths—1950.
Total | ||||||||||
Asphyxia | i | 1 | _ | __ | 1 | |||||
Asphyxia due to suffocation—found beneath blanket | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Atelectasis ... ... .... | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | ||
Atelectasis—Erythroblastosis | — | — | _ | —. | — | — | — | |||
Cardiac failure | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Cerebral Haemorrhage ...... | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Cerebral Thrombosis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Congenital heart disease ... | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | ||
Congenital Hydrocephalus Erythroblastosis Foetalis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 1 | ||||||
Haemolytic disease | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Imperforate Anus ... | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Initial respiratory failure | 1 | _ | __ | _ | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Multiple congenital abnormalities of the heart... ... ••• ••• | ||||||||||
Prematurity | 1 | _ | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | ||
Pneumonia—all forms | —* | — | 1 | — | 15 | |||||
Toxaemia ... | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||
^Viliris tumour.—left kidney | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Totals | 27 | 1 | 1 | 45 |
The comparative figures for the past 10 years are as follows: —
Year | No. of Deaths under 1 year | Rate per 1,000 Registered Live Births |
---|---|---|
1950 | 45 | 18'7 |
1949 | 53 | 20-1 |
1948 | 62 | 21-7 |
1947 | 82 | 24-3 |
1946 | 102 | 296 |
1945 | 81 | 32'7 |
1944 | 102 | 36-8 |
1943 | 92 | 351 |
1942 | 74 | 30'6 |
1941 | 67 | 409 |
The mean average Infant Mortality rate for the past 10 years is
therefore 29' 1 per 1.000 live births.