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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 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]

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Table: TABLE I.SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1952.

TABLE I.

SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1952.

Population (mid-year 1952, per Registrar General)85,130
Birth Rate15.1
Death Rate8.7
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 Stillbirths33
Number of Deaths739
Number of Maternal Deaths2
Number of Infant Deaths (under 1 year)25
Death Rate of Respiratory Diseases (incl. Influenza but not Tuberculosis)0.87
Death Rate of Tuberculosis0.26
Death Rate of Cancer1.49
Death Rate of Zymotic Diseases0.05
Notifications of Infectious Diseases2,218
Scarlet Fever152
DiphtheriaNil
Poliomyelitis10
Typhoid Fever1
Puerperal Pyrexia11
Pneumonia66
Tuberculosis (new cases)86
Number of Deaths from Infectious Diseases4
Number of Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)Nil
Number of Visits by Sanitary Inspectors9,900