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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

Beckenham 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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INFANTILE MORTALITY, 1949.
The number of deaths of infants under the age of twelve months
was 29 as compared with 15 in 1948. The Infantile Mortality Rate for
the year was 26.36 per 1,000 live births.
The following table shows the causes of death in 28 cases for which
full records exist.

Table: Table of Infantile Mortality.

Table of Infantile Mortality.

UnderTotalTotal
11-22-33-4under1-34-67-910-12under
weekwks.wks.wks1 mthmthsmthsmthsmths1 yr.
A. Congenital Malformation.
1.Congenital Heart Disease1---1----1
2. Hydrocephalus and Spina bifida--1-1-1--2
3. Congenital abscess of Diaphragm1---1----1
4. Congenital absence of kidneys1———1————1
.B Ante-natal and Intranatal Conditions.
1. Prematurity8-——8——-—8
2. Atelectasis2-——2——-—2
3. Congenital Debility1-——1——-—1
4. Asphyxia1-——1——-—1
5. Sub-arachnoid Haemorrhage1---1----1
6. Birth injury—cerebral haemorrhage———11————1
C Infections.
1 Gastro-enteritis-----2---2
2. Broncho-nneumonia—-1—1——-—1
3.Whooping-cough and Broncho-pneumonia------1--1
D. Other Conditions.
1 Hsmorrhagic disease of the newly-born2---2----2
2. Hemorrhagic encephalonathv-----1---1
3 Medullo-blastoma ofthe brain--------11
4 Intestinal obstruction 1 due to volvulus of 1 the small gut1---1----1
19-212232-128

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The features of the table are the large proportion of the deaths which
occurred in the first week of life, and the relatively small number which
were due to infections.
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