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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Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still)— (a) Notifications—
England and Wales | 126 County Boro's and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller Towns' (Resident Pop. 25,000-50,000 at 1931 Census) | London Adminis-strative County | Borough of Bexley | ||||
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Puerperal Fever | 8.50 | 10.35 | 7.63 | 1.62 | 8.06 | |||
Puerperal Pyrexia | ‡9.68 | |||||||
(b) Maternal Mortality in England and Wales— | ||||||||
No. 140 Abortion with Sepsis | No. 141 Abortion without Sepsis | No. 147 Puerperal Infections | Nos. 142-6, 148-50 Other | |||||
0.13 | 0.06 | 0.18 | 1.06 | |||||
Abortion—Mortality per million women aged 15-45 in England and Wales— | ||||||||
No. 140 With Sepsis | No. 141 Without Sepsis | |||||||
11 | 5 |
‡ Including Puerperal Fever.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1946.
The Registrar General's Estimates of resident 'population for mid-year 1946 is 85,820, and this figure is assigned for the purpose of calculation of all rates.
Births. | Males | Females | Total |
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Live Births—Total | 906 | 789 | 1,695 |
Legitimate | 877 | 758 | 1,635 |
Illegitimate | 29 | 31 | 60 |
Birth Rate. | |||
Rate per 1,000 estimated resident population | 19.75 |