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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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TABLE I
DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER 4 WEEKS OF AGE
| Cause of Death | AGE | TOTAL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 hours | 1-7 days | 8-28 days | ||
| Prematurity | 11 | 4 | - | 15 |
| Asphyxia Atelectasis | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| Acute Tracheo Bronchitis | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Staphylococcal pneumonia | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Birth injury (aspiration pneumonia) | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Cardiac respiratory failure | - | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Congenital heart disease | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| Thrombocytopenic purpura | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Multiple Congenital abnormalities | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Haemolytic disease of the new born | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Intra-uterine anoxia | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Intra partum aspiration of liquor | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Patous Syndrome | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Cerebral and congenital disorder | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Tracheo—oesophagal fistula | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Encephalocele | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Downes Syndrome | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Septicaemia | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Neoroblastoma | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | 16 | 11 | 49 |