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Bexley 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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Maternal Deaths.
There were no maternal deaths during the year.
Number of women dying in, or in
consequence of childbirth :
From Puerperal and Post
Abortive Sepsis Nil.
From other Puerperal causes Nil.
Death rate per 1,000 total (live
and still) births Nil.
Rates over previous years have been:—
| 1951 | Nil per 1,000 live and stillbirths | |
| 1952 | 0.93 „ „ „ „ | |
| 1953 | 2.63 „ „ „ „ | |
| 1954 | Nil | |
| 1955 | 0.88 | |
| 1956 | Nil | |
| 1957 | Nil | |
| 1958 | Nil | |
| 1959 | Nil | |
| 1960 | Nil | |
Deaths All Causes.
Males Females Total
All causes 472 390 862
Death rate per 1,000 of estimated
home population
Deaths from Measles (all ages) — — —
Whooping Cough
(all ages) — — —
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2
years of age 1 — 1
„ „ Cancer (all ages) III 69 180
Death rate per 1,000 for England and Wales, 1961. 12.0
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