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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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| England and Wales. | 126 County Boro's and Great Towns including London. | 148 Smaller Towns Resident Populations 25,UU0 to 50,000 at 1931 Census. | London Administrative County. | Borough of Bexley. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population. | |||||
| Live | 10.1‡ | 19.1 | 19.2 | 15.7 | 18.81 |
| Still | 0.46‡ | 0.58 | 0.53 | 0.40 | 0.41 |
| All Causes. | 11.4‡ | 13.5 | 12.3 | 13.8 | 9.27 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Influenza | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.03 |
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||
| Deaths under one year of age | 46† | 54 | 43 | 53 | 33.9 |
| Deaths from Diarr | |||||
| hœa and Enteritis | |||||
| under two years of | |||||
| age | 5.6 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 7.6 | 3.53 |
| Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population : | |||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.89 | 2.02 | 2.03 | 1.57 | 1.99 |
| Whooping Cough | 1.64 | 1.65 | 1.47 | 1.25 | 0.92 |
| Diphtheria | 0.46 | 0.52 | 0.56 | 0.31 | 0.28 |
| Erysipelas | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.31 | 0.41 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | – | 0.00 | – |
| Measles | 11.67 | 10.89 | 11.19 | 9.03 | 6.01 |
| Pneumonia | 0.87 | 1.03 | 0.72 | 0.78 | 0.44 |
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still). (a) Notifications :—
| Puerperal Fever | 9.93 | 12.65 | 8.81 | 3.60 | 18.0 | |||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | ‡15.87 | |||||||
| (b) Maternal .Mortality'—England and Wales:— | Bexley | |||||||
| No. 140 Abortion with Sepsis. | No. 141 Abortion without Sepsis. | No. 147 Puerperal Infections. | Nos. 142-6 148-50 Other. | |||||
| 0.25 | 0.08 | 0.24 | 1.22 | 0.00 | ||||
| Abortion:—Mortality per million women aged 15-45—England and Wales:— | ||||||||
| No. 140 With Sepsis. | .No. 141 Without Sepsis. | Bexley. | ||||||
| 18 | 6 | 0.00 | ||||||
*A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths.
†Per 1,000 related births.
‡Rates per 1.000 total copulation.
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