London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Bexley 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

This page requires JavaScript

Table: INFANT MORTALITY, 1956DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE. These relate to deaths occurring in 1956 but not necessarily registered in that year.

INFANT MORTALITY, 1956

DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE. These relate to deaths occurring in 1956 but not necessarily registered in that year.

Causes of Death as Certified.DaysMonths
0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-14-21-28-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12
Congenital Malformation1111
Premature Birth32111
Atelectasis, Prematurity51
Pneumonia, Prematurity1
Bronchopneumonia,Congenital Heart Disease1
Acute Tracheo Bronchitis111
Hæmolvtic Disease of Newborn1
Pyocephalus Meningitis1
Empyema at side of Chest1
Acute Broncho Pneumonia1
Asthenia, under weight at Birth1
Broncho Pneumonia, Bronchitis, Mongolism with Congenital Heart Malformation of Uncertain Form1
Cerebral Oedema, Cerebral Thrombosis, Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Patent Foramen Ovale1
Totals92—3—1141—121——1112———

Text

Copy text to clipboard

The number of infants under one year of age who died during the year 1956 as shown by the
table is 30. 22 of these deaths, that is 73 per cent. occurred in the neonatal period (within one
month of birth). In 1955 the corresponding figure was 70 per cent.