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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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INFANT MORTALITY, 1958.
DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE. These relate to deaths occurring in 1958 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 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Atelectasis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Capillary Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Acute Purulent Meningitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hydro-cephalus, Meningitis | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
The number of infants under one year of age who died during the year 1958 as shown by the
table is 16. 10 of these deaths, that is 62 per cent. occurred in the neonatal period (within one
month of birth). In 1957, the corresponding figure was 81 per cent.