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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Beckenham 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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INFANTILE MORTALITY, 1956
The number of deaths of infants under the age of twelve months was 10, as compared with 15 in 1955. The Registrar-General returns 11 infants deaths, and the Infant Mortality Rate for the year was 12.40 per 1,000 live births.
The following Table shows the cause of death in 10 cases for which full records exist.
Table of Infantile Mortality
| AGE IN WEEK; | Total under one month. | AGE IN MONTH; | Total under one year. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 4–6 | 7–9 | 10–12 | M. | F. | ||
| A. Congenital: | |||||||||||
| Heart | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Lungs | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Spine Other | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| B. Ante-Natal or | |||||||||||
| Intranatal: | |||||||||||
| Prematurity | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Rhesus incom-patability | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Cerebral haemorrhage | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| C. Infections: | |||||||||||
| Staphylococcal | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Gastro-enteritis | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| D. Accidental: | |||||||||||
| Asphyxia-Neonatorum | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Totals | 7 | – | – | – | 7 | 3 | – | – | – | 5 | 5 |