Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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INFANT MORTALITY, 1962
DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE. These relate to deaths occurring in 1962 but not necessarily registered in that year.
Causes of Death as Certified. | Days | Mouths | ||||||||||||||||||||
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0- | 1- | 2_ | 3- | 4- | 5- | 6- | 7- | 14- | 21- | 28- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 6- | 7- | 8- | 9- | 10- | 11- | 12 | |
Congenital Heart Disease | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Prematurity | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Atelectasis | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Acute Capillary Bronchitis | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Hyaline Pulmonary Hembrain | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Hemolytic Disease of New Born | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Totals | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
The number of infants under one year of age who died during the year 1962 as shown by the
table is 20. 13 of these deaths, that is 65 per cent, occurred in the neonatal period (within one month
of birth). In 1961 the corresponding figure was 65 per cent.