London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| Age Group | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 1967 | |||||
| 1 week | 2 weeks | 3 weeks | 4 weeks | ||||||||||
| Acute bronchopneumonia | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Acute tracheo-bronchitis | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| Asphyxia | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Atelectasis | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Congenital heart disease | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Prematurity | 16 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Respiratory failure | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Patau's syndrome | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Peripheral circulatory failure | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Anencephaly | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Acute enteritis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Septal defect | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Complete absence of left diaphragm | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Multiple congenital abnormalities | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Status epilepticus | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Cardiac failure | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Intracranial haemorrhage | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Intra-partum anoxia | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Accidental haemorrhage | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Acute leukaemia | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Compound presentation | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Abdominal haemorrhage | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| (Manslaughter) | |||||||||||||
| 39 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 58 | ||