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Carshalton 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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INFANT MORTALITY
Deaths of infants during the first year of life fell in 1960 to 14 from
19 in the year before. The infant mortality rate consequently was down
to 20.2 per thousand live births compared with 24.5 in the previous year.
The national rate for infant deaths during the year was 21.7. Those
dying from the so-called "unavoidable" causes peculiar to infancy
totalled 11 out of the 14 when death occurred during the first week of
life. The remaining three died of infection of one sort or another.
TABLE 6.
INFANT MORTALITY—WARD DISTRIBUTION.
| Ward | Infant Deaths | Rate per 1,000 Live Births— |
|---|---|---|
| St. Helier North | 5 | 64.9 |
| St. Helier South | 1 | 19.6 |
| St. Helier West | 1 | 14.7 |
| North-East | 2 | 14.8 |
| North-West | 3 | 29.1 |
| Central | — | — |
| South-East | 1 | 9.9 |
| South-West | 1 | 13.1 |
TABLE 7.
INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1960. Deaths Classified as to Cause and Age at Death.
| Cause of Death | Under 1 week | 1—2 weeks | 2—3 weeks | 3—4 weeks | Total under 4 weeks | 4 weeks and under 3 mths. | 3 mths. and under 6 mths. | 6 mths. and under 9 mths. | 9 mths. and under 12 mths. | Total deaths under 1 year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prematurity | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Congenital | ||||||||||
| Malformation | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Atelectasis | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Birth Injury | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Anaemia | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Pneumonia | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Hepatitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Hyaline | ||||||||||
| Membrane | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | 10 | 1 | — | — | 11 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 14 |
MATERNAL MORTALITY
After an interval of 2 years a death from maternal causes was
recorded. This occurred in hospital from pelvic sepsis following
Cæsarean section.
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