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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 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Table: TABLE V.Analysis of Causes of Infant Deaths 1943-1947

TABLE V.

Analysis of Causes of Infant Deaths 1943-1947

19431944194519461947Total
No. of Births (live)9018208721,1761304
Infant Mortality Rate2739282619
Malformation117431338
Premature Births74914539
Respiratory Diseases2334517
Marasmus and General Debility—11——2
Infectious Diseases1——1—2
Gastro Enteritis132——6
Convulsions——————
Other Causes31469234
Totals2532253125138