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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

Beddington and Wallington 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]

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Table: The following table gives the age and cause of death of each infant who died:

The following table gives the age and cause of death of each infant who died:

AgeSexCause of Death
10 minutesFHydrops foetalis: rhesus incompatibility.
1 hourFPrematurity: intra-partum haemorrhage.
2 hoursMTentorial tears: spontaneous precipitate labour: prematurity.
9 hoursMPrematurity.
16 hoursMRespiratory failure: multiple congenital abnormalities.
2 daysMCerebral haemorrhage: precipitate labour: prematurity
6 weeksMCongenital hydrocephalus: lumbosacral meningomyelocele.
9 monthsMPurulent bronchitis: pulmonary collapse: cerebral leucodystrophy.