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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS
| England and Wales. | Borough of Bexley. | |
|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Home Population. | ||
| Births- | ||
| Live | 15.2 | 11.8 |
| Still | 0.36 | 0.16 |
| 23.4(a) | 13.26(a) | |
| Deaths— | ||
| All Causes | 11.3 | 8.1 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | — |
| Tuberculosis | 0.18 | 0.06 |
| Influenza | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| Smallpox | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis | 0.00 | _ |
| Pneumonia | 0.48 | 0.32 |
| Notifications (corrected) | ||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | — |
| Para Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.03 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.97 | 1.39 |
| Whooping Cough | 2.39 | 2.61 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | — |
| Erysipelas | 0.12 | 0.25 |
| Smallpox | — | — |
| Measles | 3.32 | 0.51 |
| Pneumonia | 0.60 | 0.36 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Including Polioencephalitis) Paralytic | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.20 | 0.09 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17.74(a) | 8.52(a) |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||
| Deaths | ||
| All causes under one year of age | 25.5(b) | 22.1 |
| Enteritis and Diarrhœa under two years of age | 0.8 | 0.96 |
(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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