[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Crewe Borough.

Crewe (Crewe and Nantwich, England). Borough Council.

Date:: 1918

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Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Crewe Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Deaths of Infants under 1 year per 1,000 births from various diseases in Crewe. Disease. 1916. 1917. 1918. Measles ... IT —- — Whooping Cough 2*1 -— 5*2 ' Diarrhoeal Diseases 1*1 6*5 6*5 Premature Birth 24*6 31*5 18*2 Congenital Defects 12*0 14*4 13*0 Injury at Birth... — — — Want of Breast Milk ... — “ — Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus ... 13*2 7*9 7*8 Tuberculous Diseases ... IT 2*6 1*3 Convulsions 5*5 5*3 6*5 Bronchitis and Pneumonia ... 6*6 7*9 28*6 Influenza — — 2*6 Other Causes ... ir>-7 5*3 10*4 Still-born Children. 1918 1917 1916 JSTo. of Still-Births. 32 18 52 Percentage of total Births. 4-1 2-4 5*8 Notification of Births Act. Of the 768 births registered in the Borough 684 were notified, a percentage of 89*06 as compared with 89*6% in 1917. The great majority of the notifications were made by the midwives. Infant Consultations at the Baby Clinic. The Baby Clinic was opened in January, 1915, and the meetings are held weekly on Thursday afternoons. During the year 256 mothers attended at the Clinic, paying in all 1,486 visits.. Lectures are given to the mothers on clothing, feeding and care of infants, etc,