[Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly Borough.
- Llanelli (Wales). Borough Council
- Date:
- 1968
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Infant Mortality. There were 7 deaths of infants under one year of age in 1968 compared with 5 for 1967 and 4 for 1966* Of these * 4 were neonatal deaths com= pared with 4 in 1967 and 7 in 1966* The causes of death of children under one year of age during 1968 were as follows*- Cause of death Aq@ at death Place of death 1. Congenital Heart Broncho Pneumonia 2 weeks Hospital 2. Broncho Pneumonia Hydrocephalus 4 months Hospital 3* Prematurity 2 days Hospital 4. Severe degree of Haemolytic Anaemia, due to Rhesus Incompatibility 1 day Hospital 5* Acute fulminating Broncho pneumonia 3 months Home 6, Mongolism 2 hours Hospital 7* Congestive Cardiac Failure Congenital Defect of Heart 3 months Home The infantile mort.a 1 ity rates per 1 j 000 1 ive births for the last 4 years were as foilcwss = 19,83 for 1968; ]4e37 for 196“?° 11.14 for 1966; 33*06 for 1965,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28854408_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
