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MATFRNAL MORTALITY
No deaths in childbirth, either from puerperal sepsis or other maternal
causes, were recorded during the year.
The maternal mortality rate for England and Wales per thousand live and
still births was O.33.
The following table sets out the number of deaths and death rates per
thousand total live and stillbirths for 1961:-
Number of
Deaths Rate
ENGLAND AND WALES
Maternal causes, excluding abortion 220 0.27
Due to abortion 54 0.07
Total maternal mortality 274 0.33
The estimated mid-1961 female population for England and Wales age 15-44
was 9,068,000.
As stated there were no maternal deaths in Wimbledon during 1961.
INFANTILE MORTALITY
During 1961 there were 13 deaths among infants under one year of age,
compared with 17 in 1960 and an average of 13 in the last ten years. Three
of the deaths were in respect of illegitimate children.
The resultant infant mortality rate for Wimbledon per thousand live
births was 14.57. The infant mortality rate for England and Wales in 1961
was the low record of 21.6, the lowest previously recorded being 21.9 in I960.
Seven of the 13 deaths were due to congenital malformations or birth
injuries, 5 were due to prematurity and 1 death was accidental. In this case
the cause of death was asphyxia due to the inhalation of stomach contents, and
was, therefore, probably preventable.
The number of neo-natal deaths (i.e. those occurring during the first four
weeks of life) was 10, giving a neo-natal death rate of 11.2 per thousand live
births, as compared with a rate of 15.5 for England and Wales.
The perinatal death rate (i.e. stillbirths and deaths of infants under
1 week) was 29.7 per thousand live and stillbirths, while that for England
and Wales was 32.2.
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