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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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19 were registered during the year giving an infantile
mortality rate per 1,000 live births of 17.0
Rates over previous years have been:—
1945 33.9 per 1,000 live births
1946 29.5 „ „ „ „
1947 28.6 ,, ,, ,, ,,
1948 19.03 „ ,, ,, ,,
1949 24.0 „ „ „ „
1950 14.48 „ „ „ „
1951 24.76 „ „ „ „
1952 11.34 „ „ „ „
1953 14.36 „ ,, ,, ,,
1954 22.1 „ „ „ „
Maternal Deaths.
There was one maternal death during the year giving a
maternal mortality rate of 0.88 per 1,000 Live and Stillbirths.
Rates over previous years have been:—
1945 Nil per 1,000 live and stillbirths
1946 1.73 „ ,, ,, ,, ,,
1947 1.19 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,
1948 Nil ,, ,, ,, ,, „
1949 0.78 „ „ „ „ ,,
1950 0.84 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,
1951 Nil „ „ „ „ ,,
1952 0.93 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,
1953 2.63 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,
1954 Nil „ „ „ ,, ,,
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