[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley] page 13

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 Rate	18.5 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, 1947		20.5
„ „ „ „ County Boroughs and Great Towns including London		23.3
„ ,, „ „ Smaller Towns (estimated population 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931)		22.2
„ „ „ „ London Administrative County		22.7

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

Stillbirths.	Males	Females	Total
Total	16	20	36
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births			21.5

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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 :—