London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Bexley 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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The following relates to the Birth Rate during the past nine years :—

1938 Birth Rate18.5 per thousand
1939 „ „17.76 „ „
1940 „ „16.46 „ „
1941 „ „15.88 „ „
1942 „ „19.07 „ „
1943 „ „18.03 „ „
1944 „ „21.06 „ „
1945 „ „18.81 „ „
1946 „ „19.75 „ „
Rate per 1,000 for England and Wales, 194720.5
„ „ „ „ County Boroughs and Great Towns including London23.3
„ ,, „ „ Smaller Towns (estimated population 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931)22.2
„ „ „ „ London Administrative County22.7

Fifty-seven illegitimate live births were registered against 60 in 1946.

Stillbirths.MalesFemalesTotal
Total162036
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births21.5

Thirty-six Stillbirths registered during the year. This
represents a rate of 0.41 per 1,000 population against 0.48 per
1,000 population in 1946.
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The following relates to the Stillbirth Rate during the past nine years :—

YearRate per Thousand.
Total Live and Still BirthsPopulation
193841.660.81
193928.00.51
194024.40.41
194129.60.48
194225.20.49
194320.50.37
194419.00.42
194521.40.41
194623.60.48