[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough.

  • Tynemouth (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A five-yearly average, set out below, shows the progressive decline in the number of Maternal Deaths. Period. 1910/14 1915/19 1920/24 1925/29 1930/34 1935/39 1940/44 Average. 8.8 8.0 4.8 5.8 6.2 3.2 2.6 In 1945, 1946, 1947 and 1948, there was a total of nine Maternal Deaths which gives a yearly average of 2.25. NEO-NATAL MORTALITY. 30 NEO-NATAL DEATHS of residents gave a Mortality Rate (of infants under one month of age per 1,000 live births), of 23.23. 21 of these deaths occurred in Institutions. INFANTILE MORTALITY RATES OF CHILDREN UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE. Deaths of resident infants under one year of age totalled 61, which gives an INFANTILE MORTALITY RATE of 47.25 deaths per 1,000 live births. The INFANTILE MORTALITY RATES for England and Wales and for the Great Towns were 34 and 39 respectively. Death Rates of resident Legitimate Infants, per 1,000 legitimate live births ... ... ... ... ... 47 Death Rates of resident Illegitimate Infants, per 1,000 illegitimate live births 63