[Report 1941-1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Oxford City.

  • Oxford (England). City Council. no2012034102.
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1941-1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Oxford City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following table shows the distribution of the Infant Deaths and Stillbirths in Wards of the City. Ward Births Deaths under one year Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 births Still¬ births Stillbirths rate per 1,000 live births Summertown and Wolvercote North . -. . . West South East Headington Cowley and Iffley 166 112 116 136 161 398 460 2 1 7 1 8 13 22 12.04 8.93 60.87 7.40 49.69 32.66 48.89 6 3 3 3 2 14 9 34.88 26.09 25.42 21.74 12.27 33.98 19.61 Totals 1637 54 35.13 40 25.36 87 stillbirths were registered in Oxford during the year, of which 47 were transferred to other areas, making the total Oxford stillbirths 40. The stillbirth rate for the year, per 1,000 live and stillbirths was 25.36 compared with 34.00 in 1941. Infectious Diseases. Ophthalmia Neonatorum. 8 notifications were received. Of these: 2 were treated at home, 6 were treated in hospital, . J2 had impaired vision, 6 moved from district (local authorities notified). Puerperal Pyrexia. 138 notifications were received, of which 131 cases were treated in hospital . Pemphigus Neonatorum. Three cases came to the notice of the De¬ partment during the year—being notified from the Radcliffe Maternity Home. All three cases were isolated, and cleared up quickly after treat¬ ment. Public Health Act, 1936, Section 187—Registration of Nursing Homes. 6 Nursing and Maternity Homes are registered under the above Acts, with an accommodation of 61 beds. The following hospitals and Nursing Homes are exempt from re¬ gistration :— Radcliffe Infirmary and County Hospital. The Oxford Eye Hospital. The Acland Home. St. Basil’s Home, Iffiey Road. St. John's Home, St. Mary's Road, Cowley. Nazareth House, Cowley Road. The Wingfield-Morris Orthopaedic Hospital. There were no applications for registration during the year.