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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Walthamstow 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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1. Stillbirths:—
| Hydrops foetalis | 1 | — | ||
| Maternal Haemorrhage | 1 | 2 | ||
| Maternal toxaemia and placental in sufficiency | 2 | |||
| Undetermined | — | 2 | ||
| 2 | 6 | |||
| Maternal toxaemia, placental insufficiency | 2 | — | ||
| Hydrocephaly | 1 | 1 | ||
| Intra-cranial trauma | 2 | — | ||
| Pressure upon cord | 2 | — | ||
| Atelectasis | 1 | — | ||
| Undetermined | 2 | — | ||
| 10 | 1 | |||
| Infant Deaths:— Premature— | ||||
| Respiratory failure due to prematurity | 5 | |||
| Intestinal obstruction due to congenital volvulus | 1 | |||
| Haemorrhagic discharge of the new-born | 1 | |||
| 7 | ||||
| Intra-cranial trauma | 2 | |||
| Atelectasis, suprarenal haemorrhage | 2 | |||
| Hydrocephaly and spina bifida | 1 | |||
| 5 | ||||
The stillbirth rate was 33.0 per 1,000 live births, and the neonatal
mortality within 10 days of birth was 20.8 per 1,000 live
births.
| January | 27.0 | July | 33.06 |
| February | 33.9 | August | 37.32 |
| March | 27.9 | September | 11.74 |
| April | 33.7 | October | 12.8 |
| May | 30.1 | November | 13.7 |
| June | 33.7 | December | 19.7 |