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, 1959) per Registrar General | 74,620 |
Birth Rate (Crude) | 18.6 |
Death Rate (Crude) | 10.1 |
Maternal Mortality Rate | Nil |
Infant Mortality Rate | 14.4 |
Number of Births (live) | 1,388 |
Number of Stillbirths | 21 |
Number of Deaths | 751 |
Number of Maternal Deaths | Nil |
Number of Infant Deaths (under 1 year) | 20 |
Number of Deaths from Infectious Diseases | 3 |
Death Rates:— | |
Respiratory Diseases | 1.43 |
Tuberculosis | 0.05 |
Cancer (all forms) | 2.31 |
Cancer of the lung | 0.64 |
Infectious Diseases | 0.04 |
Notifications of Infectious Diseases: | |
Diphtheria | Nil |
Dysentery | 4 |
Erysipelas | 3 |
Food Poisoning | 38 |
Measles | 1,570 |
Poliomyelitis (paralytic) | 2 |
Poliomyelitis (non-paralytic) | 2 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 60 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 13 |
Scarlet Fever | 106 |
Tuberculosis (new cases and including Inward Transfers) | 87 |
Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fever | — |
Whooping Cough | 50 |
Number of Visits made by Public Health Inspectors | 7,091 |