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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 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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BIRTHS
(The Birth Rate is the number of live births per thousand population.

Table: The Stillbirth Rate is the number of stillbirths per thousand total births)

The Stillbirth Rate is the number of stillbirths per thousand total births)

Birth RateStillbirth Rate
BexleyEngland & WalesBexleyEngland & Wales
196916.116.311.013.0
197015.816.010.013.0

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BIRTHS
The birth rate continued the decline apparent in the annual rates since 1965 in parallel
with a similar decline in England & Wales.
STILLBIRTHS
The number of stillbirths per thousand total births has also declined in recent years in
parallel with the national stillbirth rates, though at a lower level.

Table: INFANT DEATHSThe number of infants dying under one year of age was the same as in 1969, but with fewer births the rate went up from 15.0 to 16.0 per thousand live births compared with 18.0 for England & Wales:

INFANT DEATHS

The number of infants dying under one year of age was the same as in 1969, but with fewer births the rate went up from 15.0 to 16.0 per thousand live births compared with 18.0 for England & Wales:

BexleyEngland & Wales
196915.0018.00
197016.0018.00

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Details of these infant deaths are shown in the following table:
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