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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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28 were registered during the year giving an infantile
mortality rate per 1,000 live births of 22.9.
Rates over previous years have been:—
| 1947 | 28.6 per 1,000 live births. |
| 1948 | 19.03 „ „ „ „ |
| 1949 | 24.0 „ „ „ „ |
| 1950 | 14.48 „ „ „ „ |
| 1951 | 24.76 „ „ „ „ |
| 1952 | 11.34 „ „ „ „ |
| 1953 | 14.36 „ „ „ „ |
| 1954 | 22.1 ,, ,, ,, ,, |
| 1955 | 17.0 „ „ „ „ |
| 1956 | 24.6„ „ „ „ |
Maternal Deaths.
There were no maternal deaths during the year.
Rates over previous years have been:—
| 1947 | 1.19 per 1,000 live and stillbirths |
| 1948 | Nil „ „ ,, „ „ |
| 1949 | 0.78 „ „ ,, „ „ |
| 1950 | 0.84 „ „ ,, „ „ |
| 1951 | Nil „ „ ,, „ „ |
| 1952 | 0.93 „ „ ,, „ „ |
| 1953 | 2.63 „ „ ,, „ „ |
| 1954 | Nil „ „ ,, „ „ |
| 1955 | Nil „ „ ,, „ „ |
| 1956 | Nil „ „ ,, „ „ |