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Southall-Norwood 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall-Norwood]

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Table: DEATHS OF BABIES ATTENDING CENTRE DURING THE YEAR 1920.

DEATHS OF BABIES ATTENDING CENTRE DURING THE YEAR 1920.

Name.Age.Cause of Death.No. of Attendances at Centre.
A. W.7 mths.Measles1
G. A.6 ,,Pneumonia12
S. O'C.1 „Inanition1
F. B.6 wks.Convulsions1
R. C.4 mths.Bronchitis and Heart Failure6
M. L.7 „General T. B.4
C. T.5 „Convulsions8
W. H.3 „Pneumonia2

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The mortality is therefore only 40 per 1,000 births, a rate lower
than the ideal of 50 per 1,000, which it has been your aim to attain.
But this figure needs correction since four of the babies were brought
to the Centre as emergency cases of illness, so that the mortality
rate of babies regularly attending the Centre was only 20 per 1,000,
or no more than one-third of the rest of the infant population.
The crucial test, however, of the value of infant welfare work
is furnished by the mortality from diarrhœal diseases. The rate
for babies attending the Centre regularly was nil, whereas that for
babies not attending the Centre was 9.6 per 1,000 births, or corrected
for cases not under the health visitor's observation, 7.5 per 1,000.

Table: INFANT DEATHS FROM DIARRHœA FOR 1920.

INFANT DEATHS FROM DIARRHœA FOR 1920.

Name.Date of Birth.Date of Death.Feeding.No of home visits paid by Health Visitor.Remarks.
T. S.12/3/2026/7 /20Breast5Birth not notified. Birth and Death registered same week Died in Hilling- don Infirmary. Died in Hospital.
C. T.4 13 /204 /8 /20Do.11
A. H.30 /11 /2020/12/20Breast & Artificial2
M. C.17/7/208/9/20Breast1
D. H.31/7/2031/8/20
D. H.12/11 /1823 /1 /20Artificial6
J.D.12/6/2019/8/20Do.6