[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Warwickshire County Council.

  • Warwickshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Warwickshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE 15. CAUSES OF NEO-NATAL DEATHS 1950, 1951 and 1952. Cause. % of total deaths attributable to cause. Sutton Coldfield M.B. Nuneaton M. B. Bedworth U.D. Meriden R.D. Rest of the County. Prematurity only 23 29 30 Asphyxia, Atelectasis 20 17 20 Congenital Malformations 7 22 20 Birth Injury 27 15 10 Other 23 17 20 Total . 100 100 100 Number of neo-natal deaths 30 132 282 TABLE 16. CAUSES OF INFANT DEATHS ONE MONTH TO ONE YEAR, 1950, 1951 and 1952. Cause. % of total deaths attributable to cause. Sutton Coldfield. Nuneaton M. B. Bedworth U.D. Meriden R.D. Rest of the County. Bronchitis and pneumonia — 27 26 Congenital malformations 33 32 26 Enteritis — 13 14 Misadventure — 7 10 Other 67 21 24 Total . 100 100 100 Number of deaths 1 month to 1 year 3 68 125 TABLE 17. DEATHS OF CHILDREN AGED 1 TO 5 YEARS, 1952. Cause of Death. Male. Female. Tuberculosis (non-respiratory) 1 2 Pneumonia 2 5 Bronchitis 1 — Measles — 1 Gastro-enteritis 1 1 Acute poliomyelitis — 1 Meningococcal infection — 1 Congenital malformations 1 1 Bronchiectasis Bronchiectasis and fibrocystic disease of — 1 pancreas Broncho-pneumonia and fibrocystic disease 1 — of pancreas 2 — Appendicitis 2 — Acute peritonitis 1 — Abnormal sensitivity to penicillin Accidents :— 1 — Motor vehicle ... 2 1 Drowning 6 — Poisoning 2 — Burns 1 — Total 24 .4