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 Orpington]
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Population (mid-year 1952, per Registrar General) | 63,670 |
Birth Rate | 14.7 |
Death Rate | 8.9 |
Maternal Mortality Rate | — |
Infant Mortality Rate | 18.2 |
Number of Births (live) | 934 |
Number of Stillbirths | 17 |
Number of Deaths | 565 |
Number of Maternal Deaths | — |
Number of Infant Deaths (under 1 year) | 17 |
Death Rate of Respiratory Diseases (including Influenza but not Tuberculosis) | 1.21 |
Death Rate of Tuberculosis | 0.17 |
Death Rate of Zymotic Diseases | 0.03 |
Scarlet Fever | 168 |
Diphtheria | — |
Poliomyelitis | 4 |
Typhoid Fever | — |
Paratyphoid Fever | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 122 |
Tuberculosis (new cases) | 58 |
Number of Deaths from Infectious Diseases | 2 |
Number of Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | — |
Number of Deaths from Childbirth | — |
Number of Visits by Sanitary Inspectors | 14,207 |