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 Surbiton]
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Broncho Pneumonia 5 months.
Tuberculous Meningitis 10 months.
Broncho Pneumonia—Whooping Cough 1 month.
Atelectasis—Prematurity 16 hours.
Spina Bifida—Broncho Pneumonia 3 weeks.
Meningo-coccal Meningitis 5 months.
Ac. Supperative Sinusitis 3 weeks.
Prematurity 1 hour.
Erythroblastosis 1 week.
Infantile Diarrhœa 7 months.
Ac. Meningitis 1 month.
There were 33 deaths of children under 1 year
of age which is an increase of 5 compared with the
number for the previous year.
Of the infant deaths, 12 occurred in Hospital
or Public Institutions outside the district of Surbiton.
The ages at death were as follows:—1 hour,
16 hours, 1 week (2), 3 weeks (2), 1 month (2), 5
months (2), 7 months and 10 months.
The Infantile Mortality Rate is 42.04, and the
Infantile Mortality Rate for England and Wales
(Smaller towns) is 55.0.
Infant Mortality Rate.
SURBITON | England and Wales (Smaller Towns) | |
---|---|---|
1930 | 56.3 | 55.0 |
1931 | 45.73 | 62.0 |
1932 | 50.46 | 58.0 |
1933 | 41.83 | 56.0 |
1934 | 27.78 | 53.0 |
1935 | 37.19 | 55.0 |
1936 | 38.51 | 55.0 |
1937 | 42.04 | 55.0 |