London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Bexley 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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Infantile Mortality. 1939.
DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE.
| Causes of Death as Certified. | Under 1 week | 1 to 2 weeks | 2 to 3 weeks | 3 to 4 weeks | Total under 1 month | 1 to 3 months | 3 to 6 months | 6 to 9 months | 9 to 12 months | Total deaths under 1 year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Accident | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Broncho-pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Congenital Malformation, Premature Birth and Convulsions | 25 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 37 | ||
| Influenza | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Gastro Enteritis | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Purpura | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Umbilical Infection | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Urinary Infection | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Intussusception | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Totals | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 60 |