[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Harwich Borough.

  • Harwich (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Harwich Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lower than for several years past. Lower Birth Rates were recorded in 1933 (14*9), 1934 (13-3) and 1940 (15-26). 2. STILL BIRTHS AND INFANT MORTALITY M F Total Still births ... ... 4 3 7 Still birth rate per 1,000 population 0-5 Still birth rate per 1,000 births 30-5 Deaths of infants under one year ... 2 0 2 Death rate of infants under one year per 1,000 live births ... 8-1 TABLE I INFANTILE MORTALITY, 1950 Cause of Death Did not Survive one week Lived over one week but less than four weeks Survived one month, died under one year Total Prematurity 2 — — 2 Birth injuries — — — — Malformations — — — — Bronchitis and Pneumonia m Gastro Enteritis — — — — Other causes — — — — 2 — — 2 During the year 7 Still Births and 2 Infantile deaths were recorded. Thus in nine out of 227 pregnancies, the result was either a still born child or a living child which did not survive one year. To this should be added the number of miscarriages—an unknown figure. There is reason to believe that in most of these cases there was little if any ante natal supervision. The same might be said regarding premature births, 17 in 5
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