[Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Halifax County Borough.

  • Halifax (England). County Borough Council. nb2008024085.
Date:
1928
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Credit: [Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Halifax County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Infant Mortality. (see statistics’, page 9). Out of 83 deaths under one year, 52 occurred during the first month, and 31 over one month and under twelye months. Of this number 51 were bolys and 32 girls. It is again noteworthy that a very small proportion of the deaths under one year are attributed to digestive dis- orders . On a rough classification of the above, we find the causes of deatjh were as follows Bronchitis and Pneurfiopia ... ... 16 Prematurity ... ... ..♦. 20 Debility and Marasmus ... ... 15 Convulsions ... ... ... 6 Congenital Deformity ... ... 7 Gastro Enteritis ... ... ... 3 Intestinal Haemorrhage ... ... 2 Cerebral Haemorrhage ... ... 3 Meningitis ... ... ... 3 Hydrocephalus ... ... ... 2 Otitis Media ... ... ... 1 Congenital Tutnour of Kidney ... 1 Congenital Syphilis ... ... ... 2 Uraemia ... ... ... ... 1 Icterus Neonatorum ... ... ... 1 that 83 The problem of neo-natal mortality remains as great as ever, and. is inextricably linked with the welfare and medical supervision of the Mother during pregnancy, and with the skill and care with which the confinement is conducted. It will be noted that ,out of the 52 deaths from birth, to one month, many occurred within 24 hours, and only 12 survived into the second week of life. Of the 40 who died within the first week, cerebral haemorrhage is given ais a cause of death in 3 cases, and difficult delivery is mentioned as the cause of death in one case. Midwives Inspection. The Midwives have, as formerly, been periodically in- spected and it is gratifying to report that there has not been any case of permanent damage to: the eye of a newly