[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Castleford Borough.

  • Castleford (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1961
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Credit: [Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Castleford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3 INFANTILE MORTALITY The infantile mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 registered live births. . 1953 1959 I960 1961 i Number of Deaths 15 15 15 14 Death Rate of all infants per 1,000 Live Births 22 22 22 22 Death Rate of legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate Live Births 18 20 21 22 Death Rate of Illegitimate infants per 1,000 Illegitimate Live Births h~ ■ 136 80 42 44 ... Death Rate for England & Wales 23 22 r 22 21 Death Rate for the West Riding j : Administrative County • ^ i 24 ! 23 . . i 25 l .. 1 Of the 14 deaths which took place of children under one year of age, 9 were males and 5 were females. On investigation, the main causes of death were shown to be as follows3 1 1 1 1 The age groups at which death occurred wcres- rrematurity 3 Birth Trauma 1 Menigor^yelocele 1 Broncho pneumonia 4 Congenital Hydrocephalus 1 Cortical atrophy Acute bronchitis Pneumonia and otitis media Haemorrhagic broncho pneumonia bilaterally 0-24 hours J - ? days 1-4 weeks : 1 - 12 months ! 2 2 1 ] j ! 9 KUO-NATAL MORTALITY The nec-natal mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants under four weeks of age per 1,000 Live Births. 1958 i 1959J 1960, 19.6L Number of Deaths ' ~ i' 12 | 7 12 5 Death Rate of all infants per 1,000 Live Births ' “j” 17.4 | J 10.2 i 17.4 8.0 Death Rate for England & Wales 16.2; 15.8 15.6 i 15-5 I EARLY ISO-NATAL MORTALITY ( Ho. - 4 Deaths under 1 week per 1,000 total live births ( ( Hate - 6.4 PERINATAL MORTALITY PATS ( No. - 19 Stillbirths and deaths under 1 week per 1,000 Live and Still Births ( ( Rate - 29.5