London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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| England and Wales. | Borough of Bexley. | |
|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Home Population. | ||
| Births | ||
| Live | 17.1 | 14.5 |
| Still | 0.34 | 0.22 |
| 19.8(a) | 14.9(a) | |
| All Causes | 11.5 | 8.7 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 0.00 | — |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | — |
| Tuberculosis | 0.07 | 0.04 |
| Influenza | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Smallpox | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polio encephalitis | 0.00 | - |
| Pneumonia | 0.56 | 0.44 |
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.00 | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.70 | 0.64 |
| Whooping Cough | 1.27 | 0.63 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | — |
| Erysipelas | 0.06 | 0.16 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | — |
| Measles | 3.48 | 0.47 |
| Pneumonia | 0.32 | 0.16 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Including Polioencephalitis) | ||
| Paralytic | 0.01 | — |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.00 | — |
| Food Poisoning | 0.17 | 0.01 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 11.03(a) | 11.9(a) |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||
| All causes under one year of ago | 21.9 | 12.9 |
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea under two years of age | 0.5 | Nil |
(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births.
A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths or notifications.
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