[Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1964
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Credit: [Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DEATHS AMONGST CHILDREN UNDER ONE YEAR Death rate amongst Infants per 1,000 Live Births Year Urban Districts Rural Districts Administrative County 1901—1910 114^ 107'] 110'] 1911—1920 84 81 82 1921—1930 59 r 63 61 1931—1940 50 53 1 51 [ 1941—1950 40. 39. 39 J 1951 30 26 28 1952 27 21 24 1953 26 28 27 1954 23 23 23 1955 26 22 24 1956 27 22 24 1957 23 19 21 1958 20 24 22 1959 19 17 18 1960 19 19 19 1961 17 16 17 1962 16-9 17-9 17-4 1963 17-9 23-9 20-8 1964 17-9 18-5 18-2 * Average rate per 10 year period. There were 72 deaths of children under the age of one year in 1964, 9 less than in 1963, the infant mortality rate being 18*2 per 1,000 live births. The provisional rate for England and Wales for 1964 was 20-0 compared with 21T in 1963. The distribution of the infant death between various primary causes is shown in the following table: Urban Rural Total Pneumonia 12 4 16 Bronchitis — 2 2 Congenital malformations 7 6 13 Birth injury — 4 4 Atelectasis 1 7 8 Prematurity 8 9 17 Other diseases and causes 7 5 12 Totals 35 37 72 Of the 72 infant deaths, 47 occurred during the neo-natal period, that is before the baby was four weeks old, and many of these deaths took place within a few hours or a few days of birth. In 17 cases death was due to prematurity, representing 23% of all the infant deaths. Deaths which take place within the first week after birth and stillbirths are classified as perinatal deaths. Most are due to causes which operate during the ante-natal period and during the actual process of birth. In 1964 the number of these perinatal deaths was 106 (made up of 69 births and 37 infant deaths) and represented a rate of 26-3 per 1,000 total births. In 1963 this rate was 28-3.