[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Middlesbrough County Borough.

  • Middlesbrough (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Middlesbrough County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Neo-Natal] Deaths. 114 deaths of infants under one month of age occurred during the year. (104 took place in hospital.) A broad classification of the registered causes of death is as follows :— Prematurity . . .. .. . . .. 49 Congenital abnormalities .. .. .. 21 Cerebral haemorrhage .. .. .. .. 19 Infection .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 Respiratory insufficiency (including atelectasis and prolonged uterine inertia) .. .. 10 Haemolytic disease .. .. .. .. 2 Asphyxia—due to regurgitation of food .. 1 —due to impaction of peanut .. 1 Infant deaths : Apart from the neonatal deaths, 38 infants between the ages of one month and one year died during the year. (26 of these occurred in hospital.) A broad classification of the registered causes of death is as follows :— Infection . . .. .. .. .. .. 27 (including 4 infants with associated congenital lesions) Congenital abnormalities .. .. .. 4 Mechanical asphyxia .. .. .. .. 4 Uraemia .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 Diabetic acidosis .. .. .. .. 1 Heart failure—cerebral anoxia .. .. .. 1 Child deaths : 18 children between the ages of one and five years died during the year (of these 13 deaths occurred in hospital) A broad classification of the registered causes of death is as follows :— Infection .. .. .. .. .. 4 (including one child with a congenital heart lesion) Malignant conditions .. .. .. .. 3 (Acute lymphatic leukaemia—1, Retroperitoneal sarcoma—1, Medullablastoma, 1.)
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