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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
Surbiton 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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Premature Birth and Congenital Heart
Disease with Cyonosis 2 days.
Rickets, Tetany and Broncho Pneumonia
3 months.
Broncho Pneumonia 5 months.
Congenital Jaundice, Malnutrition, full
term child 8 days.
Haemorrhage trom Mucous Membranes,
Marasmus,Congenital Syphilis 1 week.
Premature Birth, six months gestation 2 hours.
Atelectasis 3 days.
Infantile Convulsions, Atelectasis
Pulmonum 3 days.
Prematurity 15 days.
Prematurity 3 weeks.
Marasmus, Spina Bifida, Meningocele 3 weeks.
Prematurity, Marasmus 3 weeks.
The various rates compared with those for England and Wales (Smaller Towns) are given in the table below:—
| Per 1,000 Living. | Per 1,000 Births. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths. | Diarrhœa under 2 years. | Under 1 year. | |
| England and Wales (Smaller Towns) | 16.7 | 12.3 | 6.3 | 69 |
| Surbiton | 14.8 | 12.3 | Nil | 50.3 |
INFANT MORTALITY.
The Infant Mortality rate is calculated on
the number of deaths of children under one
year of age per 1,000 births and that rate for
Surbiton is 50.3 which is favourable as regards