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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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INFANTILE MORTALITY, 1950.
The number of deaths of infants under the age of twelve months
was 19 as compared with 29 in 1949. The Registrar-General returns
only 18 infant deaths and the Infant Mortality Rate for the year was
19.5 per 1,000 live births.
The following Table shows the causes of death in 19 cases for
which full records exist.
Table of Infantile Mortality.
| Age in Weeks. | Total under one mth. | Age in Months. | Total under one year. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| under 1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 7-9 | 10-1 | |||
| A. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| B. | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Obstructed Labour | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | - | 1 |
| C. | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Broncho-pneumonia— Empyema | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Broncho-pneumonia-Mongolism | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | — | 1 |
| Whooping-Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 |
| Acute Pharyngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 |
| Cerebellar Abscess | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 12 | — | — | 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 19 | |
| It will be noted that over half the deaths were due to Prematurity. Of the infants who survived the first week of life, seven subsequently died before reaching the age of twelve months. | ||||||||||