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Bexley 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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26 were registered during the year giving an
infantile mortality rate per 1,000 live births of 19.03.
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 | ,, ,, ,, ,, |
| 1947 | 28.6 | ,, ,, ,, ,, |
Maternal Deaths.
There were no maternal deaths during 1948.
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 | ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, |
| 1947 | 1.19 | ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, |
SECTION B.
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
FOR THE BOROUGH.
Isolation Hospital Accommodation.
This had been available in the past at the Bow
Arrow Hospital of the Dartford Joint Hospital Committee
of which the Council was the largest contributing
member. With the transfer of the Hospital to the
Regional Hospital Board on 5th July, 1948, the Joint
Hospital Committee became redundant and there is now
no control of this Hospital by the Local Authority.
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