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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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Death Rate of Area during last ten years:—
1948 7.53 per thousand.
1949 8.15 „ „
1950 8.56 „ „
1951 9.6 „ „
1952 9.14 „ „
1953 8.8 „ „
1954 8.1 „ „
1955 9.1 „ „
1956 9.4 „ „
1957 9.2 „ „
The rate for Bexley compares favourably with that for
England and Wales. The Registrar-General has supplied a
comparability factor for 1958. The standardised death rate
which allows for comparison with other parts of the country
is 11.66.
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