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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE. These relate to deaths occurring in 19'32 but not necessarily registered in that year.
| Causes of Death as Certified. | Days | Months | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 0— | 6— | 7— | .4— | 21— | 28- | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 6— | 7— | 8— | 9— | lO- | ll— | 12 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||
The number of infants under one year of age who died during the year 1952 as shown by the
table is 12. 7 of these deaths, that is 58.33 per cent., occurred in the neonatal period (within one
month of birth). In 1951 the corresponding figure was 71.43 per cent.