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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS
| England and Wales. | Borough of Bexley. | |
|---|---|---|
| Births- | Rates per 1,000 Home Population. | |
| Live | 15.0 | 12.6 |
| Still | 0.35 | 0.21 |
| 23.1(a) | 16.7(a) | |
| Deaths— | ||
| All Causes | 11.7 | 9.1 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 0.00 | — |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | — |
| Tuberculosis | 0.15 | 0.15 |
| Influenza | 0.07 | 0.01 |
| Smallpox | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) | 0.01 | _ |
| Pneumonia | 0.51 | 0.36 |
| Notifications (corrected) | ||
| Typhoid Fe0er | 0.00 | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.73 | 0.54 |
| Whooping Cough | 1.78 | 1.98 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | — |
| Erysipelas | 0.10 | 0.20 |
| Smallpox | — | — |
| Measles | 15.61 | 19.85 |
| Pneumonia | 0.63 | 0.33 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Including Polioencephalitis) | ||
| Paralytic | 0.08 | 0.09 |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.06 | 0.15 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.29 | 0.11 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17.79(a) | 7.91(a) |
| Deaths | Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | |
| All causes under one year of age | 24.9 | 17.0 |
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea under two years of age | 0.75 | Nil |
(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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