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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE. These relate to deaths occurring in 1954 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 | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||||
The number of infants under one year of age who died during the year 1954 as shown by the
table is 23. 19 of these deaths, that is 82.6 per cent., occurred in the neonatal period (within one
month of birth). In 1953 the corresponding figure was 37.5 per cent.