[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 12

London County Council 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Infant mortality

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Table (x)— Infant mortality,1962

	Age at death					Rates per 1,000 live births
	Under 1 day	1 to 6 days	1 to 3 wks.	1 to 11 ninths	Total under 1 yr.	Early neonatal	Neonatal	Total infant mortality
Legitimate Males	238	177	59	171	645	150	17.2	23.3
Females	169	92	36	137	434	10.0	11.4	16.7
Total	407	269	95	308	1,079	12.6	14.4	20.1
1961	426	290	83	295	1,094	13.7	15.2	20.9
Illegitimate Males	58	31	13	30	132	19.8	22.7	29.4
Females	45	30	5	25	105	17.3	18.4	24.2
Total	103	61	18	55	237	18.6	20.6	26.8
1961	99	41	14	34	188	18.3	20.2	24.6
Total legitimate and illegitimate Males	296	208	72	201	777	15.7	17.9	24.2
Females	214	122	41	162	539	11.1	12.4	17.7
Both sexes	510	330	113	363	1,316	13.4	15.2	21.0
1961	525	331	97	329	1,282	14.3	15.9	21.3

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The pattern of infant mortality remains much the same as in the previous year. The
trend since 1953 is as follows:

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Table (xi)— Infant mortality by cause,1953-62

(Rates per1,000live births)

Cause of death	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962
Whooping cough	0.27	0.06	0.06	0.04	0.02	-	0.05	0.05	-	0.03
Tuberculosis	0.14	0.08	-	-	-	-	0.02	0.03	0.03	-
Measles	0.06	0.02	0.10	-	-	-	-	-	0.03	0.02
Bronchitis and pneumonia	4.04	2.70	3.57	3.32	2.88	3.45	3.50	3.63	3.18	3.63
Gastro-enteritis	1.27	0.43	0.48	0.35	0.42	0.31	0.27	0.16	0.30	0.37
Congenital malformations	3.41	3.51	3.43	3.70	3.96	4.51	4.75	4.32	3.94	3.68
Injury at birth	2.71	2.34	2.59	2.64	2.98	2.27	2.46	2.55	2.81	2.45
Post-natal asphyxia and atelectasis	3.90	4.06	4.32	3.66	4.17	4.08	3.59	3.63	3.61	3.63
Haemolytic disease	0.53	0.55	0.58	0.61	0.51	0.44	0.51	0.54	0.37	0.34
Immaturity	3.98	3.70	4.67	4.10	4.27	4.69	3.86	3.71	3.85	3.47
Convulsions	-	0.02	-	0.02	-	-	-	-	-	-
Accidental mechanical suffocation	0.14	0.12	0.06	0.21	0.23	0.13	0.16	0.09	0.13	0.16
Other causes	3.40	3.04	3.35	2.55	2.56	2.60	3.26	2.77	3.10	3.28
All causes	24	21	23	21	22	22	22	21	21	21