Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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PREMATURITY
The following table gives details of premature births and stillbirths notified in the London Borough of Sutton during the period 1st January 1968 - 31st December 1968 as adjusted by transferred notifications: (1967 figures in brackets)
PREMATURE LIVE BIRTHS | PREMATURE STILL- BIRTH | |||||||||||||
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Weight at | Born in Hospital | Born at home or in a Nursing Home | Transferred to Hospital on or before the 28th day. | Born at home or in a Nursing Home | Born in Hospital | |||||||||
DIED | DIED | |||||||||||||
T o T A L | Within 24 hrs of birth | Between 1 and 7 days | Between 7 and 28 days | T o T A L | Within 24 hrs of birth | Between 1 and 7 days | Between 7 and 28 days | T o T A L | Within 24 hrs of birth | Between 1 and 7 days | Between 7 and 28 days | |||
21b.3ozs. or less | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
(5) | (3) | (-) | (1) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (1) | (-) | |
over 21b.3ozs | 14 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
(12) | (-) | (6) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (2) | (3) | |
up to & inc 31b.4ozs. | ||||||||||||||
over 31b.4ozs. | 17 | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
(25) | (4) | (l) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (4) | |
up to & inc 41b.6ozs. | ||||||||||||||
over 4lb.6ozs. | 37 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
(29) | (2) | (1) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (1) | (1) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (1) | |
up to 8c inc 4lb.l5ozs. | ||||||||||||||
over 41b. 15ozs. | 73 | 3 | l | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
(60) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (2) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (1) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (1) | |
up to 8c inc 51b.8ozs. | ||||||||||||||
TOTAL | 144 | 15 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 |
(131) | (9) | (8) | (1) | (2) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (2) | (1) | (-) | (-) | (3) | (9) |
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