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Premature Infants
Sixty premature infants were born alive during the year; 45 were born in hospital
and of these, 38 were surviving at the end of one month; 13 were born at home and all
of these were surviving at the end of one month. There were eight premature stillbirths,
seven occurring in hospital and one at home.
The classification of a premature infant is given to a child born prematurely, or
which weighs less than 5½ lbs. at birth. The figures for premature births and stillbirths
are both showing an upward trend, the corresponding figures in 1959 were 55 premature
live births and 7 premature stillbirths.
Maternal Morbidity
Two cases of puerperal pyrexia were notified during the year. In addition, 17 mothers
from Southall were notified to other authorities as having developed puerperal pyrexia
in hospital, i.e. 4 in Perivale Maternity Hospital, 13 in Hillingdon Hospital. There was
one maternal death, and no deaths associated with abortion.
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