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Bexley 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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summary of vital statistics

England and Wales.Borough of Bexley.
Kates per 1,000 Home Population.
Births—
Live17.414.7
StillJ 0.340.2
119.1(a)14.9(a)
Deaths
All Causes12.09.6
Typhoid and Paratyphoid0.00
Whooping Cough0.00
I Diphtheria0.00
Tuberculosis0.070.04
Influenza0.150.09
Smallpox
Acute Poliomyelitis (im hiding Polioencephalitis;0.00_
Pneumonia0.650.47
Notifications (corrected)
Typhoid Fever0.00
Paratyphoid Fever0.01__
Meningococcal Infection0.01_
Scarlet Fever0.430.41
Whooping Cough0.530.41
Diphtheria0.00_
Erysipelas0.050.06
Smallpox0.00_
Measles16.5416.21
Pneumonia0.400.13
Acute Poliomyelitis (Including Polioencephalitis)
Paralytic0.020.01
Non-Paralytio0.00_
Food Poisoning0.170.06
Puerperal Pyrexia10.17(a)12.76(a)
Rates per 1,000 Live Births.
Dtaths
All causes under one year of age21.613.7
Enteritis and Diarrhoea under two years
of age0.60.76

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