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The graph on page 20 shows the progress of Infant Mortality since the beginning
of the century
The number of premature infants born in 1963 was 69 (63 in 1962) including
5 premature stillbirths. Of the 64 premature infants born alive, 7 were born
at home: all were surviving at the end of one month 57 were born in hospital,
of whom 53 survived to the end of one month.
The percentage of premature infant births to total births (live and still)
was 6 5 compared with 6 1 in 1962.
MATERNAL MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY
Deaths from Puerperal Causes
Puerperal Sepsis Nil
Other Causes Nil
During the year, 58 cases of puerperal pyrexia were notified as compared
with 72 in 196 2, No case occurred after home confinement, all were notified
from Chiswick Maternity Hospital. 6 of the cases were residents of the Borough.
In addition one Chiswick resident developed Sonne dysentery while in Queen
Charlotte's Hospital as a maternity case.
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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Causes of infant deaths are shown in Table II on page 76