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 Walthamstow]
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3. INFANT MORTALITY.
The deaths of infants under one year of age were:—
Males. | Females. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|
Legitimate | 45 | 30 | 75 |
Illegitimate | - | 2 | 2 |
Total | 45 | 32 | 77 |
The death-rates of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live
births when calculated on the totals given by the Registrar-General
are therefore:—
Legitimate, 44. Illegitimate, 54. Total, 44.
The Infant Mortality Bate for other areas during 1934 was as
follows:—
England and Wales 59
121 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including
London) 63
135 Smaller Towns (25,000 to 50,000) 53
London 67
Neo-Natal Mortality.
The neo-natal mortality is the number of deaths of infants
under one month per 1,000 live births. During 1934, 35 infants
died in the first four weeks of life yielding a rate of 20.4. Infant
deaths under one year were 77.
The failure to reduce the neo-natal mortality is common to most
areas. For the last ten years in England and Wales the neo-natal
deaths have been approximately one-half of the total deaths under
one year of age.
During the 10 years 1924-33 there were 508 deaths of infants
under four weeks in Walthamstow out of 1,058 deaths under one
year of age, yielding a neo-natal mortality rate of 25.2.
Beduotion in the rate can only be expected from intensive and
skilled ante-natal care.
The following table shows the causes of death of children under
one year of age during 1934:—