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Bexley 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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INFANT MORTALITY, 1964
DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE
These relate to deaths occurring in 1964 but not necessarily registered in that year.
Causes of Death
as Certified
DAYS
MONTHS
0-
l-
2-
5-
4-
5-
6-
7-
14-
21-
28-
2-
3-
4-
5-
6-
7-
8-
9-
10-
11-
12-
Congenital Malformation
1
-
-
l
-
-
-
l
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Prematurity
4
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Broncho Pneumonia
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pyelocystitis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Encephalitis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Acute Capillary Bronchitis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Asphyxia
4
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
TOTALS
9
l
2
1
-
-
-
2
1
-
-
1
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
The number of infants under one year of age who died during the year 1964 as shown by the table is 19. 16 of these deaths, that
is 88 per cent, occurred in the neonatal period (within one month of birth). In 1963 the corresponding figure was 77 Per cent.