Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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TABLE I.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1952.
Population (mid-year 1952, per Registrar General) | 85,130 |
Birth Rate | 15.1 |
Death Rate | 8.7 |
Maternal Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live and still births) | 1.52 |
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births) | 19.5 |
Number of Births (live) | 1,282 |
Number of Stillbirths | 33 |
Number of Deaths | 739 |
Number of Maternal Deaths | 2 |
Number of Infant Deaths (under 1 year) | 25 |
Death Rate of Respiratory Diseases (incl. Influenza but not Tuberculosis) | 0.87 |
Death Rate of Tuberculosis | 0.26 |
Death Rate of Cancer | 1.49 |
Death Rate of Zymotic Diseases | 0.05 |
Notifications of Infectious Diseases | 2,218 |
Scarlet Fever | 152 |
Diphtheria | Nil |
Poliomyelitis | 10 |
Typhoid Fever | 1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 11 |
Pneumonia | 66 |
Tuberculosis (new cases) | 86 |
Number of Deaths from Infectious Diseases | 4 |
Number of Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | Nil |
Number of Visits by Sanitary Inspectors | 9,900 |