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Bexley 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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INFANT MORTALITY, 1951
DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE. These relate to deaths occurring in 1951 but not necessarily registered in that year.
| Causes of Death as Certified. | Days | Months | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 6— | 7— | 14— | 21— | 28— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 6— | 7— | 8— | 9— | 10— | 11— | 12 | |
| Congenital Malformation, Premature Birth, Birth Injury, etc. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Anencephaly | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Asphyxia from inhalation of internal fluid | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Asphyxia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eyathroblastosis Foe-talis | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Anoxia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Heart Failure and Bronchitis | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| T.B. Meningitis | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Acute Laryngo Trachoo Bronchitis | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 7 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
The number of infants under one year of age who died during the year 1951 as shown by
the table is 28. 20 of these deaths, that is 71.43 per cent., occurred in the neonatal period
(within one month of birth). In 1950 the corresponding figure was 76.47 per cent.