Plan to reduce infant mortality rates in Croydon being drawn up
AN ACTION plan to help cut infant mortality rates in Croydon is being drawn up.
Concerns about the number of children dying in their first year or bring stillborn have already prompted an analysis by health officials of causes.
Now the action plan announced in the latest public health report will aim to cuts the rates.
Figures show that 4.3 per 1,000 children die in their first year in Croydon, compared with 4.7 in London as a whole and 4.3 in England and Wales.
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Figures also show in Croydon 7.4 per 1,000 babies are stillborn compared with 5.5 in London and 5.1 in England and Wales.
The figures translate into a total of 78 infant deaths between 2008 and 2010.
Kate Woollcombe, acting joint director of public health, said: "Infant mortality is an area where historically we have compared badly with the rest of country."
She said there had been a gradual reduction since 2008 but it was felt the figures were still high.
The in-depth study showed causes of infant mortality included mothers who smoked, those not taking ante-natal classes until late in their pregnancy and obesity.
Ms Woollcombe said it was also found younger mothers and those born outside the UK were at higher risk.
The report also raises concerns about the uptake of the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccination.
Comments
by lightspirit
Friday, June 22 2012, 7:08PM
“perhaps YOU should remove your blinkers friend, it has more to do with it than you could wildly imagine....see the research, it's widely available and widely ignored by vested interest and big companys..........
by PeterNT
Thursday, June 21 2012, 4:06PM
"SMOGBAD stop going on about pollution.
The report is showing:
The in-depth study showed causes of infant mortality included mothers who smoked, those not taking ante-natal classes until late in their pregnancy and obesity.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH POLLUTION now take your global warming propaganda elsewhere!"”
by Jessofcroy
Thursday, June 21 2012, 5:05PM
“I think the cultural aspect should also be measured along, how long the mother has been in the country at her babies due date. The more recent the arrival the less blame that can be put on the NHS and the council for not providing pre-natal care or adequate nutrition or guidance on the dangers of smoke and other substances.”
by SMOGBAD
Thursday, June 21 2012, 4:56PM
“Don't confuse global warming (CO2 rises) with air pollution (particulate [including metallic],noxes and ozone)
The oldest,most certain,most researched and extensive cause of pregnancy pathology is that caused by smoking, associated with being young and working class.What on earth do you think cigarettes put into the lungs,that is different from cars and lorries?”
by PeterNT
Thursday, June 21 2012, 4:06PM
“SMOGBAD stop going on about pollution.
The report is showing:
The in-depth study showed causes of infant mortality included mothers who smoked, those not taking ante-natal classes until late in their pregnancy and obesity.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH POLLUTION now take your global warming propaganda elsewhere!”
by SMOGBAD
Thursday, June 21 2012, 3:54PM
“Although deaths are the easiest things to count (though the hardest to bear) they are simply the tip of the ice berg of pollution and pregnancy problems.People will have probably missed the news that scientists have beeen puzzled by a ten fold measured increase in metallic nanoparticles higher than predicted. It will also be a surpise that they can turn up in the brain!:
http://tinyurl.com/c3xehrl
The issues of cognitive deficit,attention defecit disorder,depression,alzheimers and parkinsonism will no doubt be taken as a commonplace link to air pollution 10 years from now.Extensive research on animals,RTA victims and brainscans of live children inhaling polluted air point to the dangers inherent in London's air now,and the extra dangers with the million population growth planned.Even now London amongst the most congested cities in Europe:
http://tinyurl.com/cnjgceu
Myocardial infarction,and poor survival chances (recurrence and heart failure) have also been in the news recently,though they are repeats of the oldest studies of all.
http://tinyurl.com/ck5azsy”
by DianaFrance
Thursday, June 21 2012, 2:52PM
“There is a subtle hint (which of course Ivor has spotted) that the problem may have a cultural cause. In non-UK cultures mothers may not receive the support, checks and treatment they need, hence higher mortality rates. Women coming to live in the UK may not be aware of the facilities and why they are important. Many people would suggest that education is needed, that contact with immigrant women should be more pro-active and that everyone in the UK is entitled to the best of care. However others will question why the UK should bend over backwards to protect people from themselves at the expense of an NHS which is already broke and to which the newcomers have not contributed; the question may also arise as to whether the UK culture should over-ride that of immigrant communities.
This could develop into a very interesting discussion - please let's not leap into a frenzy of stereotypical insults, though, and let's remember that for any parent to lose a child is an intolerable experience, the effects of which last forever.”
by Ivor_Shed
Thursday, June 21 2012, 1:18PM
“did I see a reference to higher infant mortality to immigrant mothers?
Can we compare that to infant mortality rates of their birthplace?”
by SMOGBAD
Friday, June 15 2012, 8:16AM
“Perhaps Ms Woollcombe might also care to do a geographical analysis by ward and nearness to busy roads.Air pollution is scandalously higher in the suburbs now,than central London.Local increases in lorry traffic back this up.
When mothers were asked to wear individual knapsack monitors,the ones exposed to most pollution suffered the worst results.This is old hat in the USA, why not here? Below is a link to only the latest of many reports into this area of concern.
http://tinyurl.com/6s674y6”