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Coulsdon and Purley 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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INFANT MORTALITY
During 1964 there were 16 deaths among children under one
year of age as compared with 17 last year and an average of 17
in the last five years. One of the deaths was in respect of an
illegitimate child.
The resultant infant mortality rate was 14.2 per 1,000 registered
births, compared with an average of 15.6 for the previous five years.
The infant mortality rate for England and Wales was 20.0.
The 14 babies dying in the first month correspond with a neonatal
rate of 12.4 (i.e. deaths in the first month per 1,000 live births)
and the average for the past five years was 11.6.
The 14 babies dying in the first week correspond with an early
neo-natal rate of 12.4.
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