London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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| Age Groups | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under | Total under one month | 1— 2 months | 2 — 4 months | 4 — 6 months | 6 — 8 months | 8—10 months | 10—12 months | Total deaths for 1968 | |||||
| 1 week | 2 weeks | 3 weeks | 4 weeks | ||||||||||
| Respiratory distress | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Bronchopneumonia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Acute tracheo-bronchitis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| Prematurity | 13 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Congenital abnormalities | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Asphyxia | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Peritonitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Acute gastro enteritis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Brain damage at birth | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Atelectasis | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Anancephaly | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracheotoesophageal fistula operation | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Meningocele | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Cardiac failure | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Cerebral haemorrhage | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Acute epiglottitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Congenital heart disease | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Placental insufficiency | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Hydrocephalus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Dehydration | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Renal infarction | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Interstitial pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 35 | 3 | 1 | - | 39 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 54 | ||