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Bexley 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS

England and Wales.126 County Boro's and Great Towns including London.148 Smaller Towns Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census.London Administrative County.Borough of Bexley.
Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population.
Births-
Live17.9*20.019.220.115.36
Still0.42*0.520.430.390.34
Deaths—
All Causes10.8*11.610.711.67.53
Typhoid and Paratyphoid0.000.000.000.00
Whooping Cough0.020.020.020.010.01
Diphtheria0.000.000.000.01
Tuberculosis0.510.590.460.630.42
Influenza0.030.030.040.020.03
Smallpox
Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis0.010.010.010.00
Pneumonia0.410.380.360.540.35
Notifications(corrected)
Typhoid Fever0.010.000.010.00
Paratyphoid Fever0.010.010.010.01
Cerebro-Spinal Fever0.030.030.020.03
Scarlet Fever1.731.901.821.371.63
Whooping Cough3.423.513.313.133.50
Diphtheria0.080.100.090.100.02
Erysipelas0.210.230.210.220.19
Smallpox
Measles9.349.758.849.179.11
Pneumonia0.730.840.600 570.28
Acute Poliomyelitis0.040.050.040.040.07
Acute Polioenceph
alitis0.000.000.000.00
Rates per 1,000 Live Births.
Deaths
All causes under one year of age34†39323119.03
Enteritis and Diarrhoea under two years of age3.34.52.12.4
Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births.
Notifications(corrected)
Puerperal fever and Pyrexia6.898.904.717.34‡5.73

*Rates per 1,000 total population. †Per 1,000 related births.
‡in London Puerperal Fever alone was 0.61.
A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths.
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