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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 1957
[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 1957 but not necessarily registered in that year.
| Causes or 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Atelectasis, Prematurity | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Atelectasis | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia, Prematurity | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bronchopneumonia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Acute Tracheo Bronchitis | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Umbilical Haemorrhage | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Atelectasis, Congenital abnormalities of lingers, toes, trachca and frontal bones | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tentorial tear and subtentorial haematoma Difficult breach extraction, Dystocia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Atelectasis, Caesarian section for concealed ante partum haemorrhage, Severe preeclampsia of mother | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea, Pancreatic dysfunction, retropharyngeal abcess, Pneumonia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary atelectasis, Pneumonia Prematurity, Severe pre lamptio toxaemia of mother | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prematurity,Congenital heart disease (Interventricular septal defect) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hydro-cephalus, Sub-arachnoid haemorrhage Haemorrhagic disease of the new born | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hyaline membrane disease, Erythroblastosis | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | |||||||||
The number of infants under one year of age who died during the year 1957 as shown by the
table is 27.22 of these deaths, that is 81 per cent. occurred in the neonatal period (within one
month of birth). In 1956, the corresponding figure was 73 per cent.