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Bexley 1958
[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 | 16.4 | 13.6 |
| Still | 0.36 | 0.28 |
| 21.6(a) | 19.9(a) | |
| Deaths— | ||
| All Causes | 11.7 | 9.48 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 0.00 | — |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | — |
| Tuberculosis | 0.11 | 0.13 |
| Influenza | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis | 0.00 | — |
| Pneumonia | 0.55 | 0.52 |
| Notification s (corrected) | ||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.00 | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.86 | 0.93 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.74 | 1.30 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | — |
| Erysipelas | 0.07 | 0 09 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | — |
| Measles | 5.795 | 2.75 |
| Pneumonia | 0.4 | 0.25 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Including Polioencephalitis) | ||
| Paralytic | 0.03 | — |
| Non-Paralytic | 0 01 | 0.01 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.20 | 0.07 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 14.26(a) | 7.19(a) |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||
| Deaths | ||
| All causes under one year of age | 22.6 | 13 0 |
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea under two years | ||
| of age | 0.4 | Nil |
(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births.
A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths or notifications.
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