[Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Stamford Borough.

  • Stamford (England). Borough Council
Date:
1967
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Credit: [Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Stamford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    M F TOTAL Early Neo-Natal Deaths i.e. Deaths of infants under one week of age 1 1 Early Neo-Natal Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live Births - 4.7 Rate for England 'nd Males - 10.8 Peri-Natal Deaths . - 5 Peri-Natal Mortality Rate (i.e. Still Births ..aid Deaths under one week combined) per 1,000 Total Live and Still Births ... ... - 23*5 Rate for England and Males - 23.4 There was no case of Maternal Death i.e. a death due to Pregnancy, Childbirth or Abortion. -o-o-o- MARRIAGES SOLEMNISED IN THE BOROUG-H OF STAMFORD 1964 110 1963 102 1966 113 1 967 1 03 Reddings this year were a dozen less than the year before, but the trend of recent years for both the Bride nd Groom to be younger than here-to-fore continued. With the ago of marriage without parental consent and for entering into contracts for house purchase reduced to eighteen years there will be a further impetus towards early if not premature marriage. The Live Birth Rate at 18.6 was a little over one per thousand higher than the National figure which incidentally is showing a downward swing. After complete freedom from stillbirths in 1J66 there were four this year and the associated conditions were: 1• Toxaemia of Pregnancy 2. Cord tightly wrapped round foetal neck 3. Foetal asphyxia and cord compression 4. Foetal asphyxia and Antepartum Haomorrhi Illegitimate births at nineteen were h If us mary again as in 1966, three times those in 19^5, and the highest figure on record in
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