[Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Plymouth Borough.

  • Plymouth (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1967
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Credit: [Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Plymouth Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Number of notified stillbirths — Institutional .... .... 82 Freedom Fields Hospital ... ... ... ... go Alexandra Maternity Home . 2 Devonport Maternity Home ... ... ... _ “Mayflower” Mother and Baby Home. - Domiciliary .... .... ... 4 86 Less outward transfers . 21 65 Inward transfers . ] Plymouth stillbirths. 66 1 he following is an analysis of the registered causes of stillbirths: Accidental A.P.H. ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 Hydrops foetalis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Toxaemia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 Cord tight around neck ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Prolapsed umbilical cord ... ... ... ... ... l Placental insufficiency ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Anencephaly ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 Meningocele ... ... ... ... ... ... ... l Hydrocephalus ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 Foetal abnormality ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 Foetal asphyxia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 Diabetes mellitus ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Prematurity ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Hydramnios with foetal death ... ... ... ... ... 1 Intracranial haemorrhage ... ... ... ... ... 1 No obvious causes found ... ... ... ... ... 10 66 Infant The Registrar General allocated 66 infant deaths Mortality ... to Plymouth, giving an infant mortality rate of 16.5; the provisional rate for England and Wales being 18.3. The early neonatal mortality rate is 9.0, the neonatal mortality rate 10.7, and the perinatal mortality rate 25.1. (The Freedom Fields Maternity Unit perinatal mortality rate was 48.4, the Alexandra Maternity Home 4.8, Devonport Maternity Home 2.3, and the Domiciliary 6.9.) The provisional perinatal mortality rate for England and Wales was 25.4.