London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Newham 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Newham]
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| 1. | Number of Infant Deaths (under 1 year) | 103 | 99 | 97 | 114 | 86 | 90 |
| 2. | Infant Mortality Rates (a) Total Infant death's per 1,000 total live births | 20 | 18.8 | 19.0 | 23.4 | 19.0 | 20.5 |
| (b) Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births | 19.9 | 18.0 | 18.8 | 23.2 | 18.0 | 20.0 | |
| (c) Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 20.9 | 28.1 | 20.2 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 255 | |
| 3. | Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (Deaths under four weeks per 1,000 total live births) | 13.4 | 13.1 | 12.5 | 16.0 | 13.0 | 15.5 |
| 4. | Early Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (deaths under one week per 1,000 total live births) | 11.2 | 12.4 | 10.4 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 13.2 |
| 5. | Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under one week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) | 30.8 | 27.5 | 24.9 | 30.5 | 28.0 | 29.0 |
| 6. | Maternal Mortality (including abortion) (a) Number of Deaths | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| (b) Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths (As adjusted by the Vital Statistics published by the Registrar General) | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.45 | |
| c - | PREMATURE BIRTHS | ||||||
| 1. | Total number of Premature Births - Live | 316 | 312 | 324 | 348 | 319 | 295 |
| 2. | Total Number of Premature Stillbirths | 65 | 49 | 50 | 52 | 43 | 45 |
| 3. | Number of Premature Live Births - deaths within | ||||||
| (a) 24 hours of birth | 24 | 21 | 31 | 31 | 22 | 21 | |
| (b) 24 hours - 7 days of birth | 15 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 17 | |
| (c) 7 days - 28 days of birth | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |