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Bexley 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS
| England and Wales. | Borough of Bexley. | |
|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Home Population. | ||
| Births- | ||
| Live | 18.2 | 16.18 |
| Still | 0.32 | 0.23 |
| 17.2(a) | 14.2(a) | |
| Deaths- | ||
| All Causes | 12.2 | 9.6 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 0.00 | — |
| Diphtheria | 0 00 | — |
| Tuberculosis | 0.06 | 0.07 |
| Influenza | 0.06 | 0.01 |
| Smallpox | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) | 0.00 | — |
| Pneumonia | 0.99 | 0.75 |
| Notifications (corrected) | ||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | —. |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.00 | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.37 | 0.77 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.74 | 0.37 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | — |
| . Erysipelas | 0.04 | 0.08 |
| Smallpox | — | — |
| Measles | 12.78 | 12.93 |
| Pneumonia | 0.30 | 0.03 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Including Polioencephalitis) | ||
| Paralytic | 0.00 | — |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.00 | — |
| Food Poisoning | 0.12 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 7.44(a) | 8.14(a) |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||
| Deaths | ||
| All causes under one year of age | 21.1 | 17.89 |
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea under two years of age | 0.53 | 0.69 |
(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births.
A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths or notifications.
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