London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| All Causes | 346 | 284 | 426 | 382 | 374 | 324 | 372 | 301 | 378 | 329 | 382 | 344 | 333 | 363 |
| Total | 630 | 808 | 698 | 673 | 707 | 726 | 696 | |||||||
| Death Bate per 1,000 of estimated resident population | 7.98 | 10.40 | 9.68 | 8.73 | 9.21 | 10.2 | 9.27 | |||||||
| Death Rate of Country—Bate per 1,000 for— England and Wales | 12.1 | 14.3 | 12.9 | 11.6 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 11.4 | |||||||
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 12.0 | 15.8 | 14.9 | 13.3 | 14.2 | 13.7 | 13.5 | |||||||
| 148 Smaller Towns (estimated populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931) | 11.2 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 12.1 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 12.3 | |||||||
| London Administrative County | 11.0 | 17.8 | 16.3 | 13.9 | 15.0 | 15.7 | 13.8 | |||||||
| Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth from Puerperal and Post Abortive Sepsis | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | |||||||
| From other Puerperal causes | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | |||||||
| Rate per 1,000 total Live and Stillbirths | 0.69 | 0.79 | 2.77 | 1.32 | 1.41 | 1.30 | – | |||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Deaths of infants under 1 year of age | 38 | 18 | 25 | 31 | 23 | 14 | 38 | 10 | 28 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 23 |
| Total | 56 | 56 | 37 | 48 | 36 | 47 | 48 | |||||||
| Legitimate | 38 | 17 | 24 | 31 | 22 | 14 | 36 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 21 |
| Total | 55 | 55 | 36 | 46 | 34 | 44 | 43 | |||||||
| Illegitimate | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
| Death Rate of infants under 1 year of age :— | ||||||||||||||
| Total per 1,000 Live Births | 40.1 | 45.4 | 35.4 | 32.6 | 26.01 | 31.37 | 33.9 | |||||||
| Legitimate per 1,000 Live Births | 40.3 | 45.5 | 35.5 | 32.1 | 25.5 | 30.66 | 31.97 | |||||||
| Illegitimate per 1,000 illegitimate Live Births | 31.2 | 43.4 | 30.0 | 54.0 | 39.2 | 47.61 | 73.5 | |||||||
| Deaths from Measles, all ages | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Total | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | |||||||
| Deaths from Whooping Cough | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| Total | 2 | – | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | |||||||
| Deaths from Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 49 | 48 | 45 | 40 | 53 | 48 | 62 | 48 | 57 | 61 | 48 | 53 | 53 | 65 |
| Total | 97 | 85 | 101 | 110 | 118 | 101 | 118 | |||||||