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Bexley 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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Forty-seven were registered during the year giving an infantile mortality rate per 1,000 live births of 28.6.
| Rates over previous years have been:— | |
| 1938 | 35.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 1939 | 40.1 ,, ,, ,, |
| 1940 | 45.4 ,, ,, „ ,, |
| 1941 | 35.4 „ „ „ |
| 1942 | 32.7 „ „ „ „ |
| 1943 | 26.01 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, |
| 1944 | 31.37 „ „ „ „ |
| 1945 | 33.9,, ,, ,, ,, ,, |
| 1946 | 29.5 „ „ „ |
Maternal Deaths.
Two were registered during the year, giving a maternal mortality rate of 1.19 per 1,000 live and stillbirths.
Rates over previous years have been:—
| 1938 | 0.67 per 1,000 live and stillbirths. |
| 1939 | 0.69,, ,, ,, ,, ,, |
| 1940 | 0.79,, ,, ,, ,, ,, |
| 1941 | 2.77,, ,, ,, ,, ,, |
| 1942 | 1.32,, ,, ,, ,, ,, |
| 1943 | 1.44,, ,, ,, ,, ,, |
| 1944 | 1.30,, ,, ,, ,, ,, |
| 1945 | nil |
| 1946 | 1.73,, ,, ,, ,, ,, |
SECTION B.—GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH
SERVICES FOR THE BOROUGH.
Isolation Hospital Accommodation.
This has been available at the Bow Arrow Hospital of the
Dartford Joint Hospital Committee of which the Council is
the largest contributing member. The policy of not sending in
scarlet fever cases unless the clinical or home conditions
require admission, has been followed. The shortage of nursing
staff in the year 1947 has made it necessary for any admission
to be well scrutinised.
General Hospitals.
Bexley Cottage Hospital.
| Patients admitted during the year | 99 |
| Patient Days | 2,148 |
| Outpatient Attendances | 1,568 |
| X-Ray examinations | 500 |