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Bexley 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS.

England and WalesCounty Boro's and Great Towns including LondonSmaller Towns (Resident Populations 25 000 to 50,000 at 1931 CensusLondon Administrative CountyBorough of Bexley
Rates per 1,000 Population.
Births- Live14.914.915.313.317.7
Still0.600.670.640 540.71
Deaths—
All Causes12.412.511.912.38.7
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers0.01
Smallpox
Measles0.020.030.020.01
Scarlet Fever0.010.010.010.010 026
Whooping Cough0.040.040.030.060.04
Diphtheria0.070.080.050.050.04
Influenza0.450.390.420.380.24
Violence0.540.450.420.510.44
Notifications—
Smallpox
Scarlet Fever2.332.562.422 092.61
Diphtheria1.491.811.381. 930.79
Enteric Fever0.050.060.040 05
Erysipelas0.370.430,340 440.27
Pneumonia1.361.581.201.180 55
Rates per 1,000 Live Births.
Deaths under one year of age5862556044.7
Deaths from Diarrhoea & Enteritis under two years of age587.93.212.05.3
Maternal Mortality—
Puerperal Sepsis0.97_
Others2.26Notavailable0.77
Total3.23J0.77
Hates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e. Live and Still).
Maternal Mortality—
Puerperal Sepsis0.94Notavailable
Others ...2.170.73
Total3.110.73
Notifications—
Puerperal Fever Puerperal13.9317.5911.524 150.73
Pyrexia14.347.29