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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 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]

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infant mortality
There were seventeen deaths of children under one year of age.
It will be noted that ten died in the first hours of life.
Of the infant deaths fourteen occurred in hospitals or public
institutions outside the Borough.

Table: The causes and ages at death were as follows:-

The causes and ages at death were as follows:-

Prematurity40 minutes
Prematurity1 hour
Prematurity2 hours
Cerebral Contusion5 hours I
Prematurity7 hours
Prematurity8 hours
Cerebral Anoxia8 hours
Pulmonary Haemorrhage; Prematurity and abruptio placentae9 hours
Prematurity16 hours
Prematurity; Premature Labour19 hours
Respiratory Failure1 day
Prematurity1 day
Icterus Gravis Neonatorum2 days i
Respiratory Failure; Prematurityi 3 days
Broncho Pneumonia3 months
Asphyxia, accidental5 months
Asphyxia, accidental7 months.

Table: INFANT MORTALITY RATE.The following table shows the death rate of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births.

INFANT MORTALITY RATE.

The following table shows the death rate of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births.

YearDeaths under 1 year.SurbitonEngland and Wales (Smaller Towns)
19531821.0224.3
1954911.0225.0
19551722.3624.9
19561215.7623.8
1957911.5823.0
19581416.1422.5
19591517.5822.0
19601617.3721.7
19611516.2321.4
19621717.4021.4

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10.