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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

Bexley 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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Table: Maternal Mortality in England and Wales.

Maternal Mortality in England and Wales.

International List No. and CauseRates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) BirthsRates per million Women aged 15 to 44
651Abortion with Sepsis0.097
650-652Other Abortion0.054
640-649, 670-678Complication of Pregnacy and Delivery0.54_
681Sepsis of Childbirth and the Puerperium0.03
680, 682-689Other Complications of Puerperium0.15

Table: EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE Year 1950.The Registrar General's Estimate of home population for the mid-year is 89,410 and this figure is assigned for the purpose of calculation of all rates.

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE Year 1950.

The Registrar General's Estimate of home population for the mid-year is 89,410 and this figure is assigned for the purpose of calculation of all rates.

Births.MalesFemalesTotal
Live Births—Total5855891,174
Legitimate5615591,120
Illegitimate243054

Table: The following relates to the Birth Rate during the past ten years:—

The following relates to the Birth Rate during the past ten years:—

1940Birth Rate 16.46 per thousand
1941,, ,, 15.88 ,, ,,
1942„ 19.07 „
1943,, ,, 18.03 ,, ,,
194421.06 „
1945„ 18.81 „
1946,, 19.75 ,,
194718 79
1948,, „ 15.36 ,, ,,
1949„ „ 14.02 „

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Birth Rate.
Rate per 1,000 estimated home
population 13.13
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