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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 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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Table: SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS

SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS

England and Wales.Borough of Bexley.
Rates per 1,000 Home Population.
Births—
Live16.514.4
Still10.350.22
121.0(a)15.2(a)
Deaths—
All Causes11.68.76
Typhoid and Paratyphoid0.00—
Whooping Cough0.00—
Diphtheria——
Tuberculosis0.090.05
Influenza0.180.11
Smallpox——
Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polio
encephalitis)0.00—
Pneumonia0.610.51
Notifications (corrected)
Typhoid Fever0.00—
Paratyphoid Fever0.01—
Meningococcal Infection0.020.01
Scarlet Fever1.051.16
Whooping Cough0.731.41
Diphtheria0.00—
Erysipelas0.070.12
Smallpox0.00—
Measles11.8810.93
Pneumonia0.590.26
Acute Poliomyelitis
(Including Polioencephalitis)
Paralytic0.02—
Non-Paralytic0.01—
Food Poisoning0.220.02
Puerperal Pyrexia13.9(a)5.3(a)
DeathsRates per 1,000 Live Births.
All causes under one year of age22.213.1
Enteritis and Diarrhœ under two years of age
0.4Nil

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(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births.
A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths or notifications.
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