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
Bromley 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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13 per 1,000 total births. The rates for Greater London and
England and Wales were 17.9 and 18.0 respectively.
Of the 58 infant deaths, 41 were under four weeks old, giving
a neonatal mortality rate of 9.0 per 1,000 total live births. The
neonatal mortality rate for Greater London was 11.7 and for
England and Wales 12.0. There were 36 deaths of infants under
one week of age, giving an early neonatal mortality rate of 8.0
per 1,000 total live births. The rates for Greater London and
England and Wales were 10.2 and 10.0. The perinatal mortality
rate for the Borough (still births and deaths under one week
combined, per 1,000 total live and still births) was 16 and those for
Greater London and England and Wales 22.8 and 23 respectively.