[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Dover Town and Port.

  • Dover (England). Town and Port Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Dover Town and Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (2) Infant Mortality Rates at Under Under 1 week. 1 month. 1937 27.35 29.06 various 1-3 ages : 3-6 6-12 Total months. months. months. Infantile 8.55 3.42 15.38 Mortality, 56.41 Deaths of Infants under one year from various diseases per 1,000 births :— 1 Whooping-cough . . 1.71 ] Marasmus . . .. 1.71 1 Tubercular Meningitis 1.71 9 w Injury at birth .. 3.42 1 Bronchitis 1.71 4 Atelectasis . . .. 6.84 5 Broncho-pneumonia 8. 5 o 1 Overlying . . .. 1.71 4 Gastro-enteritus, etc. 6.84 1 Convulsions 1.71 12 Premature birth 20.51 (3) Stillbirths : Of the total births registered in 1937, 20 were stillborn. Had all the births been of living children, the birth rate would have been 14.94. The proportion of stillbirths was 0.49 per 1,000 of the population as compared with 0.60 in England and Wales. The rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths was 33.05. (4) Particulars of Mortality amongst Illegitimate Children : Age. Sex. Cause of Death. 2 days M. Prematurity 6 months M. Diarrhoea 8 months F. Broncho-pneumonia (5) Maternal Mortality : The following tabular statement is of interest on this subject:—• Registered, Maternal Death-rate. Year. Maternal Deaths. Living Births. Still- births. per 1,000 living births. per 1,000 living and stillbirths combined 1917 6 868 not avail- 6.91 1918 4 793 able 5.04 — 1919 3 917 ) f 3.27 — 1920 8 ^ 1117 26 7.17 7.00 1921 3 932 33 3.22 3.11 1922 3 829 31 3.62 3.49 1923 3 875 18 3.43 3.36 1924 2 848 16 2.36 2.31 1925 1 805 19 1.24 1.21 1926 3 748 27 4.01 3,87 Total 36 8732 170 Average 4.12