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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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1965. INFANT DEATHS
| AGE GROUPS | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under | Total under one month | 1—2 months | 2 — 4 months | 4 — 6 months | 6 — 8 months | 8—10 months | 10 — 12 months | Total deaths for 1965 | ||||
| 1 week | 2 weeks | 3 weeks | 4 weeks | |||||||||
| Bronchopneumonia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Acute tracheo-bronchitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Asphyxia | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Atelectasis | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| Congenital heart disease | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Prematurity | 8 | 2 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||
| Hyaline membrane disease | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Cerebral haemorrhage | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Hydrocephalus | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Hepatic failure | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Fibrocystic disease of pancreas | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Fibro plastosis of heart | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Diabetes mellitus | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Cerebral anoxia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Acute gastro enteritis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Anencephalus | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Subdural haemorrhage | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Myocardial infarction | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Pulmonary oedema | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Congenital abnormalities | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Intracranial haemorrhage | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Acute cardiac failure | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Nephrotic syndrome | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 33 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 4 | – | 2 | 2 | 56 | |