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 Bexley]
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS.
England and Wales | County Boro's and Great Towns including London | Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25 000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census | London Administrative County | Borough of Bexley | |
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Rates per 1,000 Population. | |||||
Births- Live | 14.9 | 14.9 | 15.3 | 13.3 | 17.7 |
Still | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0 54 | 0.71 |
Deaths— | |||||
All Causes | 12.4 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 8.7 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | — | 0.01 | — | — | — |
Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | — |
Scarlet Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 026 |
Whooping Cough | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.04 |
Diphtheria | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
Influenza | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.42 | 0.38 | 0.24 |
Violence | 0.54 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.51 | 0.44 |
Notifications— | |||||
Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
Scarlet Fever | 2.33 | 2.56 | 2.42 | 2 09 | 2.61 |
Diphtheria | 1.49 | 1.81 | 1.38 | 1. 93 | 0.79 |
Enteric Fever | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0 05 | — |
Erysipelas | 0.37 | 0.43 | 0,34 | 0 44 | 0.27 |
Pneumonia | 1.36 | 1.58 | 1.20 | 1.18 | 0 55 |
Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||
Deaths under one year of age | 58 | 62 | 55 | 60 | 44.7 |
Deaths from Diarrhoea & Enteritis under two years of age | 58 | 7.9 | 3.2 | 12.0 | 5.3 |
Maternal Mortality— | |||||
Puerperal Sepsis | 0.97 | _ | |||
Others | 2.26 | Notavailable | 0.77 | ||
Total | 3.23 | J | 0.77 | ||
Hates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e. Live and Still). | |||||
Maternal Mortality— | |||||
Puerperal Sepsis | 0.94 | Notavailable | – | ||
Others ... | 2.17 | 0.73 | |||
Total | 3.11 | 0.73 | |||
Notifications— | |||||
Puerperal Fever Puerperal | 13.93 | 17.59 | 11.52 | 4 15 | 0.73 |
Pyrexia | 14.34 | 7.29 |