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Surbiton 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]

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Prematurity 18 hours.
Enteritis 3 months.
Cardiac Failure — Enteritis — Diarrhoea
(Summer Infantile) 2 months.
Heart Failure — Imperfect Development 7 hours.
Cerebral Haemorrhage—Prematurity 5 days.
Heart Failure — Asthma — Premature
Birth 1 week.
Asphyxia due to inattention at birth Newly born.
Congenital Heart Disease 3 days.
Marasmus—Congenital amentia 1 month.
Pulmonary Atelectasis 1 day.
Malnutrition—Prematurity 1 month.
Syncope from Cholaemia due to Congenital
Atresia of the common bile
duct 1 week.
Convulsions due to Enteritis aggravated
by markedly enlarged Thymus
Gland 3 months.
Broncho Pneumonia—Spina Bifida 1 week.
Prematurity 15 hours.
There were 26 deaths of children under 1 year
of age which is an increase of 9 compared with the
number for the previous year.
Of the infant deaths, 12 occurred in Hospitals
or Public Institutions outside the district of
Surbiton. One of these deaths occurred at 15 hours,
two at 18 hours, one at 3 days, two at 1 week, three
at 1 month, one at 2 months, one at 3 months, and
one at 10 months.
The Infantile Mortality Rate is 37.19 and the
Infantile Mortality Rate for England & Wales
(Smaller Towns) is 55.0.