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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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16 were registered during the year giving an infantile mortality rate per 1,000 live births of 14.36.
Rates over previous years have been:—
| 1943 | 26.01 per 1,000 live births |
| 1944 | 31.37 „ „ „ „ |
| 1945 | 33.9 „ „ „ „ |
| 1946 | 29.5 „ „ „ „ |
| 1947 | 28.6 „ „ „ „ |
| 1948 | 19.03 „ „ „ „ |
| 1949 | 24.0 „ „ „ „ |
| 1950 | 14.48 „ „ „ „ |
| 1951 | 24.76 „ „ „ „ |
| 1952 | 11.34 „ „ „ „ |
There were three maternal deaths during the year giving a maternal mortality rate of 2.63 per 1,000 live and stillbirths.
Rates over previous years have been:—
| 1943 | 1.44 per 1,000 live and stillbirths |
| 1944 | 1.30 ,, „ ,, ,, ,, |
| 1945 | Nil ,, „ ,, ,, ,, |
| 1946 | 1.73 „ „ „ „ „ |
| 1947 | 1.19 ,, „ ,, ,, ,, |
| 1948 | Nil ,, „ ,, ,, ,, |
| 1949 | 0.78 ,, „ ,, ,, ,, |
| 1950 | 0.84 ,, „ ,, ,, ,, |
| 1951 | Nil,, „ ,, ,, ,, |
| 1952 | 0.93 ,, „ ,, ,, ,, |