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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS
| England and Wales. | 160 County Boro's and Great Towns including London. | 160 Smaller Towns Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1951 Census. | London Administrative County. | Borough of Bexley. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births- | Rates per 1,000 Home Population. | ||||
| Live | 15.3 | 16.9 | 15.5 | 17.6 | 12.0 |
| Still | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.18 |
| 22.6(a) | 24.6(a) | 23.0(a) | 19.2(a) | 12.18(a) | |
| Deaths- | |||||
| All Causes. | 11.3 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 9.14 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | _ | _ |
| Whooping Cough | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Tuberculosis | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.31 | 0.19 |
| Influenza | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | |
| Pneumonia | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.58 | 0.48 |
| Notifications (corrected) | |||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.53 | 1.75 | 1.58 | 1.56 | 1.07 |
| Whooping Cough | 2.61 | 2.74 | 2.57 | 1.66 | 2.13 |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | — |
| Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.23 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Measles | 8.86 | 10.11 | 8.49 | 9.23 | 17.97 |
| Pneumonia | 0.72 | 0.80 | 0.62 | 0.57 | 0.48 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Including Polioencephalitis) Paralytic | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.08 |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.11 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17.87(a) | 23.94(a) | 10.22(a) | 30.77(a) | 16.76(a) |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||
| Deaths All causes under one year of age | 27.6(b) | 31.2 | 25.8 | 23.8 | 11.34 |
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea under two years of age | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.95 |
(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births.
(b) Per 1,000 related live births.
A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths.
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