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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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(The Birth Rate is the number of live births per thousand population).
(The Stillbirth Rate is the number of stillbirths per thousand total live and still births).
| Birth Rate | Stillbirth Rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bexley | England & Wales | Bexley | England & Wales | |
| 1970 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 10.0 | 13.0 |
| 1971 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 |
| Bexley | England & Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 16.0 | 18.00 |
| 1971 | 16.0 | 18.00 |
The birth rate increased slightly from 15.8 to 16.0 per thousand live births compared with
18.00 for England and Wales. The infant mortality rate was the same as in 1970. i.e. 16.0.
It is gratifying to know that the death rate in Bexley remains lower than in England and
Wales, but it would have been even more gratifying if a reduction had been achieved over the
previous year.
Details of these infant deaths are shown in the following table:—
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