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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 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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Table: INFANT MORTALITY, 1961DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER1YEAR OF AGE. These relate to deaths occurring in1961but not necessarily registered in that year.

INFANT MORTALITY, 1961

DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER1YEAR OF AGE. These relate to deaths occurring in1961but 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 Malformation111
Premature Birth41
1
Gastro-Enteritis1
Broncho Pneumonia1
11
Bilaterial Suprarenal HemorrhagesSepticaemia1
Intracranial HemorrhageBirth Injury1
Toxoplasmosis1
Primary Pneumococcal Peritonitis1
Totals71—1———11——1—1—21———1—

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The number of infants under one year of age who died during the year 1961 as shown by the
table is 17. 11 of these deaths, that is 65 per cent, occurred in the neonatal period (within one
month of birth). In 1960 the corresponding figure was 50 per cent.