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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Population (mid-year 1962, per Registrar-General) | 88,560 |
Birth Rate (crude) (per 1,000 estimated total population) | 15.3 |
Death Rate (crude) (per 1,000 estimated total population) | 9.5 |
Maternal Mortality Rate (per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) | Nil |
Stillbirth Rate (per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) | 15.2 |
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births) | 20.6 |
Number of Births (live) | 1,357 |
Number of Stillbirths | 21 |
Number of Deaths | 837 |
Number of Maternal Deaths | Nil |
Number of Infant Deaths (under 1 year) | 28 |
Number of Deaths from Infectious Diseases | 4 |
Death Rates: — | |
Respiratory Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis) | 1.4 |
Tuberculosis | 0.03 |
Cancer (all forms) | 1.74 |
Cancer of the Lung, Bronchus | 0.6 |
Infectious Diseases | 0.5 |
Notification of Infectious Diseases: — | |
Diphtheria | Nil |
Dysentery | 14 |
Erysipelas | 7 |
Food Poisoning | 7 |
Measles | 69 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 10 |
Poliomyelitis (paralytic) | Nil |
Poliomyelitis (non-paralytic) | Nil |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 |
Scarlet Fever | 26 |
Tuberculosis (new cases and inward transfers) | 20 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever | Nil |
Whooping Cough | 5 |
Number of visits made by the Public Health Inspectors | 13,502 |