[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton UDC 1921].

  • Sutton (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1922]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton UDC 1921]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INFANT MORTALITY, 1921. % Causes of Death. Under 1 week. 1-2 weeks. 2-3 weeks. 3-4 weeks. Total under 4 weeks. 4 weeks cfc under 3 months. 3 months & under 6 months. 6 months & under 9 months. 9 months & under 12 months. Total Deaths under 1 year. Bronchitis 1 1 Diarrhoea 1 1 1 2 4 Syphilis .. 1 1 Injury at Birth .. 1 1 .± 2 2 Premature birth 4 1 5 5 Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus.. 1 1 1 Totals G 1 1 2 9 1 1 ] 2 14 M. F. Total Nett Births registered during the h ' legitimate 160 178 338 calendar year illegitimate 6 8 14 Totals 166 186 352 Nett Deaths , , ... registered ( Ie«lllmate 11 during the j ^ar^of^ (illegitimate infants 3 J The Infant Mortality Rate, or deaths, per 1,000 births, was 39.7. Diarrhoea.—All four deaths were of bottle-fed children, and one was an illegitimate. Out of the six deaths under 1 week of age four lived under one day, one lived two days, and the other three days.