[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Derby County Borough.

  • Derby (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Derby County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. Infantile Mortality during the year 1945. Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age. — A Ui CD 1 .d * •4^ 00 GO Total W td CO CD -id d Deaths CAUSE OF DEATH. Ut o pi o 0) cs ci> d d c o o S a o S a o s o under One C <N CC o ^ CO CO OJ Year. p (N CO H CO CO 05 — Measles • •• ... ... ... ... 2 2 t. Common Infectious Diseases. Scarlet Fever • • • . . ... ... ... ... Diphtheria: Croup Whooping Cough Erysipelas ... • •« ... ... ... 1 1 1 1 Influenza ... ... 1 ... ... Diarrhoea, all forms including i». Diarrhoeal Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, 18 Diseases. Gastro-enteritis, &c. • •• 2 1 3 10 3 2 ... , Gastritis • •• • •• ... ... ... ... ... ... Premature Birth 27 3 1 1 32 1 ... ... ... 33 12 5 8 tii. Wasting Diseases. Congenital Defects .... Injury at Birth Atelectasis 5 4 5 4 9 4 5 1 1 1 1 1 ... 1 1 Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus • •• ... ... ... ... »v. Tuberculous Tuberculous Meningitis Other Tuberculous Diseases... ... ... ... ... ••• Diseases. Abdominal Tuberculosis • • • ... ... ... ... ... f Meningitis {not Tuberculous) • •• ... ... ... ... ... ... Convulsions • • • ... ... ... . . . ... ... Bronchitis ... ... 1 1 . . . . . . 2 V, Other Causes. Pneumonia 3 2 5 9 6 10 1 31 Suffocation, overlying • • • ... ... . . . . . . . . . ... ... Syphilis • • • ... . . . ... ... • •• • •• ... Laryngitis ... ... ... ... . . . . . • ... ... ^ Other Causes 1 1 2 1 3 3 2 11 Totals 46 12 2 1 GO 2G 15 IG 7 124 Births (Legitimate 2,210 registered 1 Illegitimate 279 /Legitimate Infants 110 Infantile Mortality = 49'8 ] 49'9 Deaths I per 1,000 (illegitimate „ 14 „ „ *= 50-18j reg’dBirths One of the 124 infants had been yacoinated. Attendances at Welfare Centres. Centre. Welcomes held. No. of Children attending. Attendances. No. of Children weighed. No. of Children seen bj’- Doctor. Mothers. B;ib ies. Under 1 1-5 Yrs. Boulton ... 100 543 3502 2584 1011 3584 1135 Nightingale Rd. 98 523 4179 298G 1329 4305 968 Rutland Street... 98 35G 4202 3283 989 4246 722 *St. Giles’, N’ton 63 4G7 3508 2.538 10G8 3546 1018 tSintin ... 48 113 780 G7G 13G 796 'I’emple House ... 100 579 3GG8 2714 1109 3785 853 Dean Street 51 33() 2389 2008 429 2433 510 Roe Farm 99 GGI 364G 2415 13G9 3771 711 Green Street 149 491 4571 .3497 1324 4755 742 Trinity Street ... 51 415 28 4 G 2390 732 3122 335 Totals 857 4484 33291 2.5091 94 9() 34343 6994 * Second Session. f Commenced 12th October, 1945.