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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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INFANT MORTALITY, 1949.
DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS
AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE.
These relate to deaths occurring in 1949 but not necessarily registered in that year.
| 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 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Broncho-pneumonia ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Congenital Malformation, Premature Birth, Birth Injury, etc. | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 16 | |||||
| Atelectasis | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||
| General Peritonitis Gangrene of small bowel Volvulus of mid gut | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Asphyxia neonatorum Atelectasis Placenta Praevia | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Erythroblastosis Foetalis Prematurity | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Totals | 22 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 30 |
The number of infants under one year of age who
died during the year 1949 as shown by the table is 30.
24 of these deaths, that is 80 per cent., occurred in the
neonatal period (within one month of birth). In 1948
the corresponding figure was 68 per cent.
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