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Southall-Norwood 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall-Norwood]
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Table No. 5.
Table No. 5 gives an analysis of the places of confinement.
Total Confinements (live births and still births)—835.
| No. born in Hillingdon County Hospital | 98 or 11.75% |
| No. born in London voluntary hospitals | 131 or 15.56% |
| No. born in nursing homes or other hospitals | 146 or 17.50% |
| No. confined in their homes by midwives or doctors | 460 or 55.19% |
Infant Mortality.
The total number of deaths under one year of age was 38.
The rate per 1,000 births was 46.98. The corresponding rate for England
and Wales was 57, for London 58, and for the 140 smaller towns 55 per 1,000.
Sixteen of the 38 deaths were due to congenital defects and prematurity.
Nine of these lived less than one week.
The Infant Mortality Rate in five-yearly periods since 1892 is shown in
Appendix C on page 68.
The various deaths from stated causes at ages under one year of age
are as shown in Table No. 6.
Table No. 6.
| Certified Cause of Death. | Under 1 week | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3-4 weeks | Total under 4 weeks | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6-9 months | 9-12 months | Total deaths under 1 year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronchitis, Pneumonia, etc. | — | 1 | — | —_ | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Congenital Heart Disease | 1 | — | — | — | i | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Congenital Malformations | 1 | — | — | — | i | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Convulsions | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Defective Lung Expansion | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gastro-enteritis, Diarrhoea, etc. | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Haem. Diseases | — | 1 | _— | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Marasmus | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | |
| Meningitis | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | _— | 1 |
| Prematurity | 8 | — | 1 | — | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 11 |
| Septicaemia | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | _— | — | 1 |
| Suffocation | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | —_ | 1 | — | 1 |
| Want of attention at birth | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 38 |
Live Births.
Legitimate 786.
Illegitimate 23.
Infant Deaths.
Legitimate 36.
Illegitimate 2.
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