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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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INFANT MORTALITY
The number of infant deaths under the age of 12 months for which full records exist was 9 compared with 21 in 1963•
The registrar-General returns 10 deaths and the infant mortality rate for 1964 was 8.37 per 1,000 total live "births,
| 12 hours or under | Under 1 week | Under 1 month | Under 1 year | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Congenital: | ||||||||||
| Hearth | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Multiple Abnormalities | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Achondroplasia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Antenatal: | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Natal: | ||||||||||
| Atelectasis | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Postnatal: | ||||||||||
| Bronchopneumonia. | - | - | - | - | - | - | l | - | 1 | - |
| TOTALS | 3 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | |