[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Camborne U.D.C.

  • Camborne (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Camborne U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The various causes of death were as follows :— Prematurity Broncho-Pneumonia Pneumonia following Convulsions Marasmus Gastro-Enteritis Asthenia 1 v Malnutrition ... 1 Intestinal Obstruction (Congenital) 1 Congenital Hydrocephalus 1 These returns give an Infantile Mortality Rate of 80 per 1,000 Births as compared with 121 for 1918 and 57 for 1917, this latter being the lowest of which I have any record. The average rate for the ten years previous to 1919 was 116 per 1,000 births as set out in the following table :— Date. Infantile Mortality Kate per 1,000 Births. 1909 117 1 9 1 0 188 1911 175 19 12 180 ! 9 1 6 1 1 1 1 !M 4 99 1915 87 19 16 118 1917 67 1918 121