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Infant Mortality Rate from 1900 to 1959
Premature Infants
Fifty-five premature infants were born alive during the year; 48 were born in hospital
and of these, 42 were surviving at the end of one month; 7 were born at home and all of
these were surviving at the end of one month. There were three premature still births, all
occurring in hospital.
The classification of a premature infant is given to a child born prematurely, or which
weighs less than 5½ lbs. at birth.
Maternal Morbidity
One case of puerperal pyrexia was notified during the year. In addition 7 mothers from
Southall were notified to other authorities as having developed puerperal pyrexia in hospital,
i.e. 5 in Perivale Maternity Hospital, 1 in Hillingdon Hospital, 1 in Paddington General
Hospital. There was one maternal death, and no deaths associated with abortion.
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