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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 1951
[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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births— | Hates per 1,000 Home Population. | ||||
| Live | 15.5 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 12.79 |
| Still | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.24 |
| Deaths— | |||||
| All Causes | 12.5 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 9.6 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | |
| Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Tuberculosis | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 0.28 |
| Influenza | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.23 | 0.09 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | — |
| Pneumonia | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.42 |
| Notifications(corrected) Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever Meningococcal | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Infection | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.11 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.10 | 1.14 |
| Whooping Cough | 3.87 | 3.62 | 4.00 | 3.11 | 4.98 |
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | — |
| Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.19 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Measles | 14.07 | 13.93 | 14.82 | 14.64 | 24.98 |
| Pneumonia | 0.99 | 1.04 | 0.96 | 0.72 | 0.41 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Including Polioencephalitis) Paralytic | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | — |
| Food Poisoning | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.08 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||
| Deaths | |||||
| All causes under one year of age | 29.6(a) | 33.9 | 27.6 | 26.4 | 24.76 |
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea under two years of age | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | — |
| Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births. | |||||
| Notifications(corrected) Puerperal fever and Pyrexia | 10.66 | 13.77 | 8.08 | 14.90 | 6.08 |
(a) Per 1,000 related live births.
A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths.
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