... Infant mortality Discussing statistics given in his annual re‘gon.. Dr. D. A. McCracken, West Suffolk County Medical Officer, ex;n‘cssee concern = over two eatures—the still-birth rate and infant mortality figures. Scrap dump fire _\N old lorry, due for ...

... Sudbury has a higher infant mortality S UDBURY'S infant mortality rate is considerably higher than that for the rest of the country. This was revealed when the annual report of the Medical Officer, Dr. G. P. Barclay, was presented to the Council on Tuesday ...

... Low Infant Mortality Rate | In his annual report for the Haverhill Urban District, the Medical Officer, Dr. A. Farnhill Morgan, draws particular attention to the fact that onmly one infant died under the age of a year as compared with an infant mortality ...

... Good news on baby figures FIGURES just released show that West Suffolk has one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the country. Only 22 babies from 3,230 births in the area last year died within their first 12 months a rate of 6.8 per thousand, according ...

... Drop in infant death rate HEALTH SERVICE’S FUTURE DEPENDS On wrong side of f)HE infant mortality rate l ll I l in :)IVI-.\l s;n;;‘ull\gl}llll'lllmli )O a['( S 1967 was well below national rate for such deaths.‘ ' OCKEY John Lynch “The sa\'ing in infant ...

... Concern over infant deaths INFANT mortality in West Suffolk shows a disturbing increase, Dr. D. A. McCracken. Medical Officer of Health, told members of the County Council's Health Committee at their meeting in Bury St. Edmunds on Monday. In Ins annual ...

... the infant mortality rate is usually regarded as an index of social welfare. The number of births per 1.000 of population was 19 compared with a national average of la. The death rate was 6.2 compared with 8.8 nationally, and the infant mortality rate ...

... Cracken states, “I am particularly concerned in the case of infant mortality where the rate for the county excecds that for the eastern region, where the rate is onilv 18.1. The adverse aspect of infant deaths was also brought to focus in considering stillbirthrs ...

... which although higher than that - for the rest of the country, is the lowest in the |district during the last ten years. Infant mortality rate was 32.0 compared with 29.8 in the test of England and Wales. ...

... raising venture of the year, proved very successful and most of the proceeds will go to the Foundation for Research into Infant Mortality. Piclured is circle member Fiona Hall offering Christmas decorations to Rachel Godfrey (7), of The Old Rectory, Stowlangtoft ...

... END OF By Stephen Bradley part of essential preventative health care of a country which has a lot of disease and high infant mortality, he said. I enjoyed the work and learned a lot and hope I have been able to contribute usefully to the development ...

... giving a live birth rate of ULU per thousand of estimated population as compared with 18.21 for England and Wales. The infant mortality rate was 16.30: previous year 22.70. ...