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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
Bexley 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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Infantile Mortality.
DEATHS EROVM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE.
| Causes of Death as Certified. | Under 1 week | 1 to 2 weeks | 2 to 3 weeks | 3 to 4 weeks | Total under 1 month | 1 to 3 months | 3 to 6 months | 6 to 9 months | 9 to 12 months | Total deaths under 1 year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes. | 29 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 59 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | i | |||||||
| Broncho Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Tubercular Meningitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Gastro Enteritis | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Congenital malformation and Premature birth | 23 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |||
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Pyelitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Icterus Gravis Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Intestinal Intussusception | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Pulmonary Atelectasis | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Neonatal Hemorrhagic Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Totals ... | 29 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 59 |