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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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INFANT MORTALITY, 1955
DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE. These relate to deaths occurring in 1955 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Acute Tracheo-bronchitis | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Anencephaly | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Atelectasis | I | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Atelectasis, Prematurity | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Collapse of Lungs, Low Forceps Delivery for Disproportion | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Broncho Pneumonia, Atelectasis | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Syringomyelocele | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 7 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
The number of infants under one year of age who died during the year 1955 as shown by the
table is 20. 14 of these deaths, that is 70 per cent. occurred in the neonatal period (within one
month of birth). In 1954 the corresponding figure was 82.6 per cent.