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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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STILLBIRTHS, PREMATURE BIRTHS 6? NEO-NATAL DEATHS (England and Wales and Walthamstow)
The table shows a comparison of the rates for England and Wales, and Walthamstow, back to 1945.
| Year | STILLBIRTHS (per 1,000 total births) | PREMATURE BIRTHS (i.e., birthweight 5½ lbs. or under). | NEO-NATAL DEATHS (per 1,000 live births) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per 100 live births | Percentage of Premature Confinements occurring at:— | |||||||||
| Institutions | Home | Institutions | Home | |||||||
| Eng. & W. | Wal'stow. | Eng. & W. | Wal'stow. | Eng. & W. | Eng. & W. | Wal'stow. | Wal'stow. | Eng. & W. | Wal'stow. | |
| 1945 | 28.0 | 31.6 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 63.2 | 36.8 | 87.1 | 12.9 | 24.8 | 21.0 |
| 1946 | 27.2 | 26.7 | 5.14 | 3.7 | 62.0 | 38.0 | 71.3 | 28.7 | 24.5 | 19.2 |
| 1947 | 24.1 | 21.6 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 62.0 | 38.0 | 76.6 | 23.4 | 22.7 | 13.1 |
| 1948 | 23.2 | 21.7 | N.A. | 3.4 | N.A. | N.A. | 74.6 | 25.4 | 19.7 | 11.1 |
| 1949 | 22.7 | 14.5 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 65.0 | 35.0 | 79.7 | 20.3 | 19.3 | 16.9 |
| 1950 | 22.6 | 22.6 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 70 | 30 | 71.4 | 28.6 | 18.5 | 20.6 |
| 1951 | 23.0 | 22.7 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 71 | 29 | 69.4 | 30.6 | 18.8 | 14.0 |
| 1952 | 22.7 | 18.8 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 72 | 28 | 79.1 | 20.9 | 1.8.3 | 15.2 |
| 1953 | 22.4 | 25.5 | N.A | 6.1 | N.A. | N.A. | 80.9 | 19.1 | N.A. | 18.6 |
N.A. = Not Available.
NOTE :—The national figures for the proportion of births in the earlier years should be treated with reserve, since notification of
birth weights of premature infants did not approach completeness for some years after it was introduced in 1944.