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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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INFANT MORTALITY, 1953
DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE. These relate to deaths occurring in 1953 but not necessarily registered in that year.
| Causes of Death as Certified. | Days | Months | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 6— | 6— | 7— | 14— | 21— | 28— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 6— | 7— | 8— | 9— | 10— | 11— | 12— | |
| Congenital Malformation, Premature Birth | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Multiple Renal Venous Infarction | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Acute Bronchitis | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Broncho Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
The number of infants under one year of age who died during the year 1953 as shown by the
table is 16 6 of these deaths, that is 37.5 per cent., occurred in the neonatal period (within one
month of birth). In 1952 the corresponding figure was 58.33 per cent.