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Bexley 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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INFANT MORTALITY, 1946.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gastro Enteritis | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Congenital malformation and Premature Birth | 24 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 29 | |||||
| Broncho-pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Acute Meningitis. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Whooping Cough. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Misadventure | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 24 | 4 | 2 | — | 30 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 50 |
The number of infants under one year of age who died
during the year 1946 as shown by the table is 50. Thirty of
these deaths, that is 60 per cent., occurred in the neo-natal
period (within one month of birth).
In 1945 the corresponding figure was 61.2 per cent.
Fifty were registered during the year, giving an infantile
mortality rate per 1,000 live births of 29.5.
Rates over previous years have been :—
1938 35.1 per 1,000 live births
1939 40.1 „ „ „ „
1940 45.4 „ „ „ „
194135.4 „ „ „ „
1942 32.7 „ „ „ „
1943 26.01 „ „ „ „
1944 31.37 „ „ „ „
1945 33.9 „ „ „ ,,
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