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Walthamstow 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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NEO-NATAL MC TALITY.
The neo-natal mortality is the number of deaths of infants
under one month per 1,000 live births. During 1940 , 3 9 infants
died in the first four weeks of life, yielding a rate of 24.7.
The following rates refer to Wothamstow:-
INFANT DEATHS, ISO-NATAL MORTALITY AND STILLBIRTHS. .
| Year | Live Births | Birth Rate | Stillbirths | Neo-Natal Deaths Per 1,000 live births | Infant Deaths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No . | Per 1,000 live births | Per 1,000 popuiation | No. | ||||||
| No. | Per 1,000 live births | ||||||||
| 1940 | 1575 | 14.5 | 42 | 26.6 | 0.30 | 39 | 24.7 | 30 | 40 |
| 1939 | 12.3 | 62 | 30.6 | 0.47 | 23 | 17.4 | 45 | ||
| 1958 | 12.5 | 70 | 45.2 | 0 .55 | 28 | 17.5 | 66 | 40 | |
| 1937 | 12.7 | 60 | 35.0 | 0.45 | 35 | 20.8 | 87 | ||
| 1936 | 12.0 | 54 | 31.4 | 0.40 | 29 | 13.9 | 72 | 42 | |
| 1935 | 12.4 | 57 | 34.1 | 0.42 | 33 | 21.5 | 62 | 37 | |
| 1934 | 12.3 | 60 | 35.8 | 0.44 | 35 | 20.4 | 77 | 44 | |
| 1933 | 12.5 | 55 | 37.4 | 0.47 | 49 | 29.3 | 89 | 53 | |
| 1932 | 15.2 | 82 | 45.8 | 0.30 | 55 | 30.8 | 103 | 57 | |
| 1931 | 14.5 | 59 | 29.4 | 0.43 | 51 | 23.2 | 110 | 56 | |
The neo-natal mortality for England and Wales for the
decennium 1921-30 rras 33.
The death-rate from Diarrhoea and Enteritis in children
under one year of age per 1,000 live births was 3.17.
CHILD WELFARE.
The equivalent of whole-time Municipal Health Visitors
at the end of the year was 7.5, equal to one whole-time
Health Visitor per 205 notified births, and one whole-time
Health Visitor per 210 registered births during 3 940.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CLINICS.
As for 1938.
28.