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 1955, per Registrar General) | 68,450 |
Birth Rate (crude) | 15.8 |
Death Rate (crude) | 9.1 |
Maternal Mortality Rate | Nil |
Infant Mortality Rate | 17.5 |
Number of Births (live) | 1,083 |
Number of Stillbirths | 19 |
Number of Deaths | 624 |
Number of Maternal Deaths | Nil |
Number of Infant Deaths (under 1 year) | 19 |
Death Rates—Respiratory Diseases | 1.15 |
Tuberculosis | 0.09 |
Cancer (all forms) | 1.96 |
Cancer of the Lung | 0.34 |
Zymotic Diseases | 0.03 |
Notifications of Infectious Diseases:— | |
Diphtheria | — |
Dysentery | |
Erysipelas | 8 |
Food Poisoning | 6 |
Measles | 1,048 |
Poliomyelitis (paralytic) | 10 |
Poliomyelitis (non-paralytic) | 6 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 90 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 106 |
Scarlet Fever | 58 |
Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fever | |
Tuberculosis (new cases and including Inward Transfers) | 100 |
Whooping Cough | 205 |
Number of Deaths from Infectious Diseases | |
Number of Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | Nil |
Number of Visits made by Sanitary Inspectors |