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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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INFANT MORTALITY, 1950.
DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE. These relate to deaths occurring in 1950 but not necessarily registered in that year.
| Causes of Death as Certified. | Days | Months | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | 1 — | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 6— | 7— | 14— | 21— | 28— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 6— | 7— | 8— | 9— | 10— | 11— | 12— | |
| Congenital Malformation, Premature Birth, Birth Injury, etc. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| lost Natal Asphyxia and Atelectasis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| T.B. Meningitis | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kernicterus E- nthroblastosis | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cerebral Softening secondary to Pinks Disease | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
The number of infants under one year of age who died during the year 1950 as shown by
the table is 17. 13 of these deaths, that is 7G.47 per cent., occurred in the neonatal period
(within one month of birth). In 1949 the cot-responding figure was 80 per cent.