[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Chadderton U.D.C.

  • Chadderton (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1923
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Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Chadderton U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mortality in Infancy. Fifty-five deaths (30 Males, 25 Females) occurred in children under one year old. Of this number two (l Male, 1 Female) were illegitimate. The infantile death-rate being 110 per 1,000 births, against 66 and 104 per 1,000 births in 1922 and 1921 respectively, the death-rate of illegitimate children being 133 per 1,000 births in 1923 and 154 per 1,000 births in 1922. In England and Wales during 1923 there were 69 deaths under one year per 1,000 births. In Chadderton the chief causes of Infantile Mortality were Premature Birth, Congenital Debility and Malformation (20), Bronchitis (3), Gastro-Enteritis (l), and Pneumonia (l2). Age distribution of deaths under one year :— P4 <D U in cr in in U <D > cn pp W PP cn PP V 3 cn -4-» ' r- j 4-J C] r~* -4~» 1) 'U > CD <D 0) r—i G C G G G G rH CD (D D 3 <D O o O o O G u V G3 G P £ CM 1 r-H £ ro 1 CNT £ Tf“ 1 CO c3 o H <D £ M* S CM 1 r-H 6 m i CM S CO 1 CO a C\ 1 VO a CM o\ ct3 -4—* o t-H Males 6 5 1 — 1 2 3 2 8 4 1 30 Females 9 1 5 2 17 1 1 2 1 3 25 From the above table it will be seen that 29 or 52'7% of the deaths under 1 year of age occurred in the first four weeks of life ; of these deaths 15, or 51’7% occurred in the first week of life. The following table gives the causes of death of the 55 children—males and females separated—under one year of age, and the ages at which death occurred.