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Orpington 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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TABLE I.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1953.
Population (mid-year 1953, per Registrar General)
64,480
Birth Rate
14.4
Death Rate
9.8
Maternal Mortality Rate
2.1
Infant Mortality Rate
17.2
Number of Births (live)
927
Number of Stillbirths
17
Number of Deaths
634
Number of Maternal Deaths
2
Number of Infant Deaths (under 1 year)
16
| Population (mid-year 1953, per Registrar General) | 64,480 |
| Birth Rate | 14.4 |
| Death Rate | 9.8 |
| Maternal Mortality Rate | 2.1 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | 17.2 |
| Number of Births (live) | 927 |
| Number of Stillbirths | 17 |
| Number of Deaths | 634 |
| Number of Maternal Deaths | 2 |
| Number of Infant Deaths (under 1 year) | 16 |
| Death Rate of Respiratory Diseases (including Influenza but not Tuberculosis) | 1.4 |
| Death Rate of Tuberculosis | 0.16 |
| Death Rate of Zymotic Diseases | 0.06 |
| Notifications of Infectious Diseases:— | |
| Scarlet Fever | 154 |
| Diphtheria | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 11 |
| Typhoid Fever | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 48 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 96 |
| Tuberculosis (new cases) | 60 |
| Number of Deaths from Infectious Diseases | 4 |
| Number of Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 2 |
| Number of Visits by Sanitary Inspectors | 13,492 |