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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

Chislehurst 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]

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Table: TABLE I.SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1953.

TABLE I.

SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1953.

Population (mid-year 1953, per Registrar General)85,290
Birth Rale15.1
Death Rate8.6
Maternal Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births)Nil
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births)24.0
Number of Births (live)1,291
Number of Stillbirths29
Number of Deaths732
Number of Maternal DeathsNil
Number of Infant Deaths (under 1 year)31
Death Rate of Respiratory Diseases (including Influenza but not Tuberculosis)1.18
Death Rate of Tuberculosis0.23
Death Rate of Cancer1.81
Death Rate of Zymotic Diseases0.04
Notification of Infectious Diseases: — Scarlet Fever143
DiphtheriaNil
Poliomyelitis14
Typhoid FeverNil
Puerperal Pyrexia16
Pneumonia (all forms)83
Tuberculosis (new cases)78
Number of Deaths from Infectious Diseases3
Number of Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)1
Number of Visits by Sanitary Inspectors9,002