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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bexley 1949
[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— | |||||
| Live | 16.7(a) | 18.7 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 14.02 |
| Still | 0.39(a) | 0.47 | 0.40 | 0.37 | 0.45 |
| Deaths- | |||||
| All Causes | 11.7(a) | 12.5 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 8.15 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Tuberculosis | 0.45 | 0.52 | 0.42 | 0.52 | 0.44 |
| Influenza | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.06 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |
| Pneumonia | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.49 | 0.59 | 0.44 |
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.63 | 1.72 | 1.83 | 1.46 | 1.51 |
| Whooping Cough | 2.39 | 2.44 | 2.39 | 1.70 | 2.14 |
| Diphtheria | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.01 |
| Erysipelas | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.18 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Measles | 8.95 | 8.91 | 9.18 | 8.54 | 6.71 |
| Pneumonia | 0.80 | 0.91 | 0.65 | 0.55 | 0.21 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.11 |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | — |
| Food Poisoning | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0 19 | 0.09 |
| Rates per | 1,000 Live Births. | ||||
| Deaths | |||||
| All causes under one year of age | 32(b) | 37 | 30 | 29 | 24 |
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea under two years of age | 3.0 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 1.7 | |
| Rates per 1,000 | lotal (Live and Still) Births. | ||||
| Puerperal fever and Pyrexia | 6.31 | 8.14 | 5.30 | 6.82 | 3.1 |
(a) Rates per 1,000 total population. (b) Per 1,000 related live births.
A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths.
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