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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The premature stillbirth rate for the year relative to 98 infants
of birth weight 5^ lbs. or less was 20.4 per cent.
The stillbirth rate relative to 1,177 infants of birth weight over
5 lbs. was 0.93.
The total stillbirth rate was 2.4 per cent.
| (b) Infant Deaths. | Number of cases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 5½ lbs. or less. | Over 5½lbs. | Total. | |
| (i) Developmental defects | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| (ii) Erythroblastosis : Hydrops foetalis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| (iii) Hemorrhagic disease | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| (iv) Broncho pneumonia | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| (v) Atelectasis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| (vi) Circulatory failure | — | 1 | 1 |
| (vii) Sub-arachnoid hemorrhage | — | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 9 | 18 | |
A postmortem examination was held in 14 cases.
The premature infant death rate for the year relative to 78
infants born alive of birth weight 5J lbs. or less was 10.2 per cent.
The infant death rate relative to 1,116 infants born alive of
birth weight over 5^- lbs. was 0.77.
The total infant death rate was 1.4 per cent.
There were in addition six deaths of infants admitted after birth from the District — five premature and one which weighed over 54 lbs.
| Number of cases. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 ½ lbs. or less. | Over 5½ lbs. | Total. | |
| (i) Atelectasis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| (ii) Broncho-pneumonia | 2 | — | 2 |
| (iii) Prematurity | 1 | — | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | |
PUERPERAL PYREXIA
There were 20 cases of puerperal pyrexia notified during the
year ; 17 or 1.4 per cent, occurred in 1,188 booked cases and 3 or
4.6 per cent, in 65 unbooked cases.