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Orpington 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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15
Infant Mortality.
There were 20 deaths of infants under one year of age in 1962,
which is four more than the figure for the previous year. The infant
mortality rate for the year was 14.2 per 1,000 total live births, which
is well below the figure of 21.4 for the country as a whole.
The table which follows gives the Orpington mortality rate for
legitimate and illegitimate infants, as well as for all infants, and also
shows the comparison between the infant mortality rate in the Urban
District and that for England and Wales during the past ten years.
The table which follows gives the orpington mortality rate for legitimate and illegitimate infants, as well as for all infants, and also shows the comparison between the infant mortality rate in the urban district and that for england and wales during the past ten years.
| Year. | Legitimate Infants. Rate per 1,000 live legitimate births. | Illegitimate Infants. Rate per 1,000 live illegitimate births. | All Infants Rate per 1,000 live birthS. Orpington. England & Wales. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 17.2 | |||
| 1954 | 13.6 | 47.6 | 14.3 | 25.5 |
| 1955 | 16.99 | 41.7 | 17.5 | 24.9 |
| 1956 | 21.3 | Nil | 20.5 | 23.8 |
| 1957 | 19.5 | Nil | 19.2 | 23.0 |
| 1958 | 20.3 | 27.8 | 20.5 | 22.5 |
| 1959 | 13.4 | 41.7 | 14.4 | |
| 1960 | 18.0 | 40.8 | 18.8 | 21.7 |
| 1961 | 12.6 | Nil | 12.2 | 21.4 |
| 1962 | 14.7 | Nil | 14.2 | 21.4 |
| Causes of Death. | Under 1 week | 1 and under 2 weeks | 2 and under 3 weeks | 3 and under 4 weeks | Total under 4 weeks | 1 month and under | 3 months | 3 months and under | 6 months | 6 months and under | 9 months | 9 months and under | 12 months | Total deaths under 1 year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute Bronchitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | ||||
| Atelectasis | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | ||||
| Bronchopneumonia | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 4 | ||||
| Congenital Heart Disease | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | ||||
| Malformation | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |||||
| Prematurity | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||||
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | ||||
| Meningitis | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||||
| Other causes | 2 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | ||||
| Totals | 10 | — | 3 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 20 | ||||