[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough.

  • Bournemouth (England). County Borough Council. nb2004301338.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The percentap:e of ])reniatiire live births for the last six years is vshown in the following Table :— Total adjusted Total adjusted. Percentage notified live prematures of notified. Year live births {F>}Jhs. or less) live births 1949 1734 90 5.5% 1950 1089 85 5.0% 1951 1555 04 4.1 % 1952 1509 80 5.1% 1953 1043 88 5.3% 1954 1602 96 6.0% Infant Mortality. There were 30 recorded infant deaths during the year, of whom * ID were males and II females. Of the total, 20 occurred before the child was four weeks old, and 25 were due to prematurity, congenital abnormalities or the hazards of birth. It is gratifying to note that the infant mortality rate has fallen ^ to a new record low figure of 19.20 per 1,000 live births, and this rate is the lowest that has been recorded in the County Borough. The rate of infant mortality in Bournemouth compared with England and Wales during recent years was as follows :— Year Hournemouth England and Wales 1941 42.0 00.04 1942 43.9 50.02 1943 47.0 49.12 1944 41.1 45.44 1945 48.0 46.00 1940 33.7 42.85 1947 35.1 41.37 1948 27.8 33.93 1949 31.9 32.0 1950 33.2 29.8 1951 25.0 29.0 1952 24.5 27.0 1953 21.7 20.8 1954 19.26 25.5 Maternal Mortality. No Bournemouth patient died from any cause attributable childbirth during the year. This again is extremely gratifying. The maternal mortality rates in Bournemouth comi)ared w England and Wales for the past 10 years were as follows :—■ Year Pournemouth E.ne^land and. Wales 1945 4.10 1.79 1940 2.24 1.43 1947 1.33 1.17 1948 0.51 1.02 1949 2.30 0.98 1950 0.59 0.80 1951 0.04 0.79 1952 0.04 0.72 1953 0.70 1954 — 0.69