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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bexley 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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| Causes of' death. | M. | F |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Aneurysm | 2 | — |
| 18 Other circulatory diseases | 22 | 24 |
| 19 Bronchitis | 14 | 5 |
| 20 Pneumonia (all forms) | 27 | 17 |
| 21 Other respiratory diseases | 2 | 3 |
| 22 Peptic Ulcer | 12 | 3 |
| 23 Diarrhoea, etc. (under two years) | 3 | 4 |
| 24 Appendicitis | 4 | 1 |
| 25 Cirrhosis of liver | 2 | — |
| 26 Other diseases of liver, etc. | — | 2 |
| 27 Other digestive diseases | 8 | 6 |
| 28 Acute and chronic nephritis | 5 | 8 |
| 29 Puerperal sepsis | — | — |
| 30 Other puerperal causes | — | 1 |
| 31 Congenital debility, premature birth. | 12 | |
| malformation, etc | 24 | |
| 32 Senility | 2 | 9 |
| 33 Suicide | 3 | 1 |
| 34 Other violence | 16 | ]3 |
| 35 Other defined diseases | 30 | 12 |
| 36 Causes ill-defined or unknown | 1 | 1 |
| Special causes (included in No. 35 above):— | ||
| Small-pox | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — |
| Polioencephalitis | — | — |
| Anthrax | 1 | — |
Maternal Mortality.
One death only was registered during the year as
due to, or in connection with, childbirth, giving a puerperal
mortality rate, (rate per thousand (live and still)
births) of 0.77, compared with a rate of 2.2 in 1936, and
an average over the previous five years of 2.7, and 3.11
for England and Wales. The death which occurred
would probably be classed as "unavoidable," and in
this Borough where practically all mothers receive antenatal
care, one is tempted to regard the low figure as
an indication of the good standard of midwifery practised,
with the proviso that, as our figures are small,
statistics over many years only are of real value.
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