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Southall 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Infant Mortality
The infant mortality rate during 1951 fell to 21.25 deaths per 1,000 live births. This
is the lowest rate to be recorded in Southall. The graph on infant mortality, appended,
shows the trend of the infant mortality rate since 1900. The actual number of deaths
occurring in 1951 was 15, 11 of which took place in hospital. The national infant mortality
rate for 1951 was 29.6. Table VI gives the classification of causes of infant deaths under
the age of one year.
Graph A.
Infant Mortality Rate from 1900 to 1951.
Premature Infants
Twenty-seven premature infants were born during the year, 6 at home and 21 at
hospital; of these 22 survived to the end of one month. The classification of premature
infant is given to a child born prematurely, or which weighs less than 5½, lbs. at birth.
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