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INFANT MORTALITY
There were 21 deaths of infants under 1 year of age (as compared with 10
in 1960), giving an infant mortality rate of 21.88 for 1961.The local figure
compares with an infant mortality rate of 21.4 for England and Wales, which is
the lowest national infant mortality rate ever recorded.
The graph on page 19 shows the progress of Infant Mortality since the
beginning of the century.
The number of premature infants born in 1961 was 78 (74 in 1960) including
10 premature stillbirths. Of the 68 premature infants born alive, 3 were born
at home and all survived to the end of one month, 65 were born in hospital, of
whom 54 survived to the end of one monthu
The percentage of premature infants to total births (live and still) is 8.0.
The following figures show the percentages of premature infants to total
births (live and still) since 1950,
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
3,3 4,5 5 6 4.9 6.0 6.9 6,4 8.4 7.3 6.6 8.1 8 0
Causes of infant deaths are shown in Table II on page 70.
MATERNAL MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY
Deaths from Puerperal Causes:-
Puerperal Sepsis Nil
Other Causes Nil
During the year, 66 cases of puerperal pyrexia were notified as compared
with 67 in I960. Two cases occurred after home confinement, 64 were notified
from Chiswick Maternity Hospital. 13 of the cases were residents of the Borougho
The definition of puerperal pyrexia for notification purposes is "any
febrile condition occurring in a woman in whom a temperature of 100. 4 degrees
Fahrenheit (38 degrees Centigrade) or more has occurred within fourteen days
after child-birth or miscarriage".
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