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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Twickenham 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Case 3. la. Ac. yellow atrophy of liver in pregnancy,
b. Bilateral Broncho Pneumonia. Infant stillborn
not macerated.
,, 4. Pulmonary Embolism-due to child birth.
,, 5. Therapeutic Abortion.
A full enquiry is made into the- cause of every maternal
death.
The maternal mortality rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births was 2.35. That for England and.Wales was 1.17.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
There were 84 deaths of infants under one year during the
year giving an infantile mortality rate of 40.21 per. 1,000 live
births. This shows a considerable increase on the figure of
26.09 for 1946, but compares favourably with the rate for England
and Wales in 1947 which was 4.1.OO.
The following table compiled from the official registrations, gives details of the causes of death at various ages under one year of age;
| Under one week | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3 -4 kweeks | Total under 4 weeks | 4 weeks and under 3 months | 3 months and under 6 months | 6 months and 'under 9 months | 9 months and under 12 months | Total deaths under 1 year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL CAUSES:- Certified | 33 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 84 |
| Uncertified. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chicken-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Influenza | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Enteritis | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 9 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Abdominal Tuberculosi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital Malformations | 7 | - | - | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | l | - | 12 |
| Premature Birth | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| Atrophy, Debility & Marasmus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Atelectasis | 7 | _ | 1 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Injury at Birth | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilis | - | - | — | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Convulsion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gastritis | I- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Laryngitis | - | - | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| Suffocation (overlying) | 1 | - | - | _ | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 |
| Other Causes | 4 | - | - | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | - | 1 | 15 |
| TOTALS | 33 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 84 |
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