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Bexley 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS

England and Wales.126 County Boro's and Great Towns including London.148 Smaller Towns Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census.London Administrative County.Borough of Bexley.
Births—Rates per 1,000 Home Population.
Live15.817.616.717.813.13
Still0.370.450.330.360.16
Deaths-
All Causes11.612.311.611.88.56
Typhoid and Paratyphoid0.000.000.000.00_
Whooping Cough0.010.010.010.010.01
Diphtheria0.000.000.000.00
Tuberculosis0.360.420.330.390.18
Influenza0.100.090.100.070.01
Smallpox
Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis0.020.020.020.01
Pneumonia0.460.490.450.480.32
Notifications(corrected)
Typhoid Fever0.000.000.000.010.01
Paratyphoid Fever0.010.010.010.010.03
Meningococcal Infection0.030.030.020.030.01
Scarlet Fever1.501.561.611.231.08
Whooping Cough3.603.973.153.213.14
Diphtheria0.020.030.020.03
Erysipelas0.170.190.160.170.25
Smallpox0.000.00
Measles8.398.768.366.573.40
Pneumonia0.700.770.610.500.36
Acute Poliomyelitis (Including Polioencephalitis)
Paralytic0.130.120.110.080.16
Non-Paralytic0.050.050.060.050.06
Food Poisoning0.170.160.140.250.06
Rates per 1,000 Live Births.
Deaths
All causes under one year of age29.8(a)33.829.426.314.48
Enteritis and Diarrhoea under two years of age1.92.21.61.0
Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Mill) Births.
Notifications(corrected)
Puerperal fever and Pvrexia5.817.434.336.031.68

(a) Per 1,000 related live births.
A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths.
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