Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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Age Groups | |||||||||||||
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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 1968 | |||||
1 week | 2 weeks | 3 weeks | 4 weeks | ||||||||||
Respiratory distress | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Bronchopneumonia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
Acute tracheo-bronchitis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
Prematurity | 13 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||||
Congenital abnormalities | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
Asphyxia | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Peritonitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Acute gastro enteritis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Brain damage at birth | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Atelectasis | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Anancephaly | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Tracheotoesophageal fistula operation | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Meningocele | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Cardiac failure | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Cerebral haemorrhage | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
Acute epiglottitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Congenital heart disease | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Placental insufficiency | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Hydrocephalus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Dehydration | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Renal infarction | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Interstitial pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
35 | 3 | 1 | - | 39 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 54 |