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Chislehurst 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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TABLE I.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1963
Population (mid-year 1963), per Registrar General 89,130
Birth Rate (crude) (per 1,000 estimated total population) 16.2
Death Rate (crude) (per 1,000 estimated total population) 10.7
Maternal Mortality Rate (per 1,000 total live and still births) 1.36
Stillbirth Rate (per 1,000 total live and still births) 18.4
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births) 19.4
Number of Births (live) 1,443
Number of Stillbirths 27
Number of Deaths 952
Number of Maternal Deaths 2
Number of Infant Deaths (under 1 year) 28
Number of Deaths from Infectious Diseases 2
Death Rates: —
Respiratory Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis) 1.80
Tuberculosis 0.08
Cancer (all forms) 2.05
Cancer of the Lung, Bronchus 0.47
Infectious Diseases 0.02
Notification of Infectious Diseases:—
Dysentery 98
Erysipelas 3
Food Poisoning 11
Measles 1,274
Pneumonia (all forms) 21
Poliomyelitis (paralytic) 1
Poliomyelitis (non-paralytic) Nil
Puerperal Pyrexia 4
Scarlet Fever 32
Tuberculosis (new cases and inward transfers) 25
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever 1
Whooping Cough 66
Number of visits made by the Public Health Inspectors 11,033