Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS
England and Wales. | Borough of Bexley. | |
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Rates per 1,000 Home Population. | ||
Births- | ||
Live | 18.2 | 16.18 |
Still | 0.32 | 0.23 |
17.2(a) | 14.2(a) | |
Deaths- | ||
All Causes | 12.2 | 9.6 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | — |
Whooping Cough | 0.00 | — |
Diphtheria | 0 00 | — |
Tuberculosis | 0.06 | 0.07 |
Influenza | 0.06 | 0.01 |
Smallpox | — | — |
Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) | 0.00 | — |
Pneumonia | 0.99 | 0.75 |
Notifications (corrected) | ||
Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | —. |
Paratyphoid Fever | 0.00 | — |
Meningococcal Infection | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Scarlet Fever | 0.37 | 0.77 |
Whooping Cough | 0.74 | 0.37 |
Diphtheria | 0.00 | — |
. Erysipelas | 0.04 | 0.08 |
Smallpox | — | — |
Measles | 12.78 | 12.93 |
Pneumonia | 0.30 | 0.03 |
Acute Poliomyelitis (Including Polioencephalitis) | ||
Paralytic | 0.00 | — |
Non-Paralytic | 0.00 | — |
Food Poisoning | 0.12 | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 7.44(a) | 8.14(a) |
Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||
Deaths | ||
All causes under one year of age | 21.1 | 17.89 |
Enteritis and Diarrhoea under two years of age | 0.53 | 0.69 |
(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births.
A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths or notifications.
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