[Report 1965] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter.

  • Exeter (England). City Council.
Date:
1965
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Credit: [Report 1965] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mortality in Child-Bearing and Infancy in Exeter 1941 — 1965. Year Maternal Deaths Maternal Mortality Rate Registered Live Birth Rate (adjusted) Stillbirths Rate per 1,000 | Live and Stillbirths j Neonatal Deaths (i.e. under 1 month) Deaths over 1 month and 1 under 1 year | Infant Mortality Rate per 1.000 1 live births Stillbirths and 1 neonatal deaths | Perinatal Death Rate* 6 year average centred on year concerned* Live Births Still- Births 1941 5 4.1 1,027 35 12.8 32.9 42 37 68.0 77 — 73 62 ' 1942 3 2.7 1,065 31 14.4 29.2 32 21 49.8 63 57 60 1943 3 2.8 1,051 35 15.3 32.2 35 16 48.5 70 64 68 1944 8 5.8 1,334 36 19.5 26.3 32 27 44 2 63 46 63 1945 4 3.1 1,246 29 18.0 23.3 33 37 56.2 66 52 62 1946 4 2.7 1,444 42 19.8 28.3 45 25 48.6 67 45 48 1947 4 2.7 1,428 34 19.2 23.2 47 35 57.4 81 55 48 1948 2 1.6 1,316 42 17.5 30.9 15 9 18.2 57 42 46 1949 1 0.8 1,192 31 15.6 25.3 25 5 25.2 56 46 47 1960 1 0.9 1,130 22 14.6 19.1 28 8 31.8 60 43 44 1951 — — 1,098 33 14.4 29.1 24 9 30.0 57 50 45 1952 1 0.9 1,101 27 14.4 23.9 18 6 21.8 45 40 46 1963 — — 1,152 20 16.0 17.0 36 12 41.6 56 48 1964 — — 1,102 41 14.5 35.0 17 12 26.3 58 61 1965 1 0.9 1,115 26 14.6 22.8 12 7 17.0 38 32* 1956 — — 1,021 20 14.2 18.2 22 10 29.6 42 36 1957 — — 1,171 24 15.2 20.1 19 2 17.9 36 34 36 1958 1 0.8 1,163 23 15.3 19.4 18 2 17.2 38 32 34 1959 2 1.7 1,133 35 14.7 29.E 14 4 15.5 48 40 36 1960 — — 1,162 22 15.2 18.6 13 4 14.6 34 29 35 1961 2 1.6 1,206 28 15.5 22.7 24 5 24.0 52 39 33 1962 1 0.8 1,221 27 15.6 21.6 18 7 20.6 45 34 30 1963 — — 1,324 18 16.5 13.4 13 8 16.9 31 23 30 1964 1 0.8 1,275 21 15.4 16.2 15 1 12.5 36 25 1965 1 0.7 1,374 27 16.5 19.3 14 4 13.1 41 28 •Perinatal deaths here include stillbirths and deaths within 28 days of birth up to and including 1954. Since then, stillbirths and deaths within 7 days of birth only, have been included as perinatal deaths. MATERNAL MORTALITY One mother, aged 33, died from haemorrhage due to ectopic pregnancy, almost immediately after admission to hospital.