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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
Chelsea 1962
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1962
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INFANT MORTALITY
16 deaths of infants under one year of age were recorded during 1962,
the same as for the previous year, giving a rate of 25.6 per 1,000 live
births. The infant mortality rate for England and Wales was 21.4.
It will be observed from the following summary that of the 16 deaths recorded, 11 occurred before the age of four weeks, which gives a neonatal mortality rate of 17.6, and 7 infants died before the age of one week indicating an early neo-natal mortality rate of 11.2.
| Cause of Death | Under 1 Week | 1-2 weeks | 2 - 4 weeks | 1-7 months | TOTAL | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||
| Microcephaly | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||
| Pulmonary Haemorrhage | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | ||
| Broncho Pneumonia | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Prematurity | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | ||
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||
| Haemolytic Disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | ||
| Congenital Heart Disease | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||
| Meningococcal Septicaemia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| Oesophageal Atresia | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| TOTALS | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | ||