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Chislehurst 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]

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BIRTH-RATES, CIVILIAN DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY and CASE-RATES for Certain Infectious Diseases in the Year 1947. Provisional figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns.

England and Wales126 County Boro's and Great Towns Deluding London148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25.000 to 50,000 at 1931 CensusLondon Administrative CountyChisleburst and Sidcup
BIRTHS:Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population
Live20.5†23.322.222.720.9
Still0.500.620.540.490.51
DEATHS:
All Causes12.0†13.011.912.88.9
Typhoid and Paratyphoid0.000.000.000.000.00
Scarlet Fever0.000.000.000.00-
Whooping Cough0.020.030.020.020.02
Diphtheria0 010.010.010.01
Influenza0.090.090.080.080.02
Smallpox0.000.000.00
Measles0.010.020.020.010.01
Rates per 1,000 Live Births
All causes under one year of age41‡47363729
Diarrhoea and Enteritis under two years of age5.88.03.74.80.67
Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population
NOTIFICATIONS:
Typhoid Fever0.010.010.000.01
Paratyphoid Fever0.010.010010.010.01
Cerebro-Spinal Fever0.050.060.050.050.01
Scarlet Fever1.371.541.371.312.81
Whooping Cough2. 2 22.412.022.804.14
Diphtheria0.130.150.140.140.02
Erysipelas0.190.210.180.220.30
Smallpox0.000.000.010.00-
Measles9.419.139.585.299.92
Pneumonia0.790.800.680.640.99
Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still)Births
Puerperal Fever7.168.996.271.21 6.940.65
Puerperal Pyrexia

A dash (—) signifies there were no deaths.
* Including Puerperal Fever.
†Rates per 1,000 total population.
‡ Per 1,000 related births.
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