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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS
| England and Wales | Borough of Bexley | |
|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Home Population | ||
| BIRTHS:- | ||
| Live | 18.4 | 16.43 |
| Still | 0.31 | 0.29 |
| 16.4(a) | 17.25(a) | |
| DEATHS:- | ||
| All Causes | 11.3 | 9.86 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | – |
| Whooping Cough | 0.00 | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - |
| Tuberculosis | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| Influenza | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| - | - | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polio-encephalitis) | 0.00 | |
| Pneumonia | 0.63 | 0.72 |
| NOTIFICATIONS (corrected) | ||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.00 | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.42 | 0.68 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.67 | 0.60 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | - |
| Erysipelas | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| Smallpox | - | - |
| Neasles | 6.47 | 4.92 |
| Pneumonia | 0.19 | 0.03 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ||
| (including Polioencephalitis) | ||
| Paralytic | 0.00 | - |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.00 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 0.11 | 0.01 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | ||
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births | ||
| DEATHS:- | ||
| All causes under one year of age | 20.0 | 12.83 |
| Enteritis and Diarrhoae under two years of age | 0.57 | - |
(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births
A dash ( - ) signifies that there were no deaths or notifications