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Beckenham 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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INFANTILE MORTALITY, 1958
The number of deaths of infants under the age of twelve months was 11, as compared with 14 in 1957. The Registrar-General returns 14 infants deaths, and the Infant Mortality Rate for the year was 14.69 per 1,000 live births.
The following Table shows the cause of death in 11 cases for which full records exist.
Table of Infantile Mortality
| Under one day | Over one day | Total under one week | AGE IN WEEKS 1 1 | Total under one month | AGE IN MONTHS | Total under one year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 7-9 | 10-12 | |||||||
| M. | F. | ||||||||||||
| A. Congenital: | |||||||||||||
| Heart | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Lungs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Spine | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Other | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| B. Ante-Natal or Intranatal | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Immaturity and Prematurity | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| Erythroblastosis (Rhesus incompatibility) | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| C. Infections : | |||||||||||||
| Pneumonia and Bronchitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Gastro-enteritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| d. Accidental and Violence (including Asphyxia due to button in throat) | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | 4 | 3 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 6 |