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Beckenham 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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INFANTILE MORTALITY, 1960
The number of deaths of infants under the age of twelve months was 10, as compared with 14 in 1959. The
Registrar-General returns 12 infant deaths, and the Infant Mortality Rate for the year was 12 per 1,000 live births.
The following Table shows the cause of death in 14 cases for which full records exist.
Table of Infantile Mortality
| Under one day | Over one day | Total under one week | age in wef.ks | 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 Malformations : Heart | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Lungs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nervous System | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Others | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| B. Other Prenatal and Natal conditions: | |||||||||||||
| Immaturity | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| Atelectasis | |||||||||||||
| Birth Injuries | — | — | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | — | — | 1 | _ |
| Erythroblastosis (Rhesus) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| C. Post-Natal Causes : Pneumonia | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Gastro Enteritis | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Other Infections | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Neglect | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operation and Immaturity | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| D. Accidental and Violence | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 4 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 8 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6 | 4 |