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Bexley 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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17 were registered during the year giving an infantile mortality rate per 1,000 live births of 14.48.
| Rates over previous years have been:— | |
| 1940 | 45.4 per 1,000 live births |
| 1941 | |
| 1942 | 32.7 ,, ,, ,, |
| 1943 | 26.01 „ ,, „ „ |
| 1944 | 31.37 ,, ,, ,, |
| 1945 | 33.9 ,, ,, „ ,, |
| 1946 | 29.5 ,, ,, ,, ,, |
| 1947 | 28.6 „ „ ,, „ |
| 1948 | 19.03 „ „ „ „ |
| 1949 | 24.0 ,, ,, ,, ,, |
Maternal Deaths.
There was 1 maternal death during the year giving
a maternal mortality rate of 0.84 per 1,000 live and
stillbirths.
Rates over previous years have been: —
| 1940 | 0.79 per 1,000 live and stillbirths |
| 1941 | 2.77,, ,, ,, ,, „ |
| 1942 | 1.32 ,, ,, ,, „ ,, |
| 1943 | 1.44 ,, ,, ,, ,, „ |
| 1944 | 1.30 ,, ,, ,, ,, „ |
| 1945 | nil ,, ,, ,, ,, „ |
| 1946 | 1.7 3 ,, ,, ,, ,, |
| 1947 | 1.19 ,, ,, ,, ,, „ |
| 1948 | Nil ,, ,, ,, ,, „ |
| 1949 | 0.78 ,, ,, ,, ,, |