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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

Chislehurst 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]

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Table: TABLE I.SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1951.

TABLE I.

SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1951.

Population (mid-year 1951, per Registrar General)85,150
Birth Rate16.1
Death Rate8.9
Maternal Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births)2.9
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births)23.32
Number of Births (live)1,372
Number of Stillbirths33
Number of Deaths757
Number of Maternal Deaths4
Number of Infant Deaths (under 1 year)32
Death Rate of Respiratory Diseases (incl. Influenza but not Tuberculosis)1.04
Death Rate of Tuberculosis0.35
Death Rate of Cancer1.55
Death Rate of Zymotic Diseases0.05
Notifications of Infectious Diseases:— Scarlet Fever161
Diphtheria—
Poliomyelitis9
Typhoid Fever—
Puerperal Pyrexia2
Pneumonia51
Tuberculosis (New Cases)97
Number of Deaths from Infectious Diseases4
Number of Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)—
Number of Visits by Sanitary Inspectors11,235