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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. 1941.
DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE.
| Causes of Death as Certified. | Under 1 week | 1 week and under 2 weeks | 2 weeks and under 3 weeks | 3 weeks and under 4 weeks | Total under 1 month | 1 month and under 3 months | 3 months and under 6 months | 6 months and under 9 months | 9 months and under 12 months | Total deaths under 1 year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| War Operations | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Broncho-pneumonia | 6 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| Intracranial Haemorrhage | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Congenital Malformation, etc | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Premature Birth and Inanition | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| General Toxaemia, Pyelitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Gastro Enteritis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Heart Failure | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Suffocation | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Meningitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Convulsions— Spina Bifida | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Convulsions— With Enlarged Thymus | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Influenza | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Totals | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 35 |