London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Crayford 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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Deaths.
This year we recorded 219 deaths out of a population
of 27,750, representing a death rate of 7.89 against
803 in 1949. The death rate for England and Wales was
11.6.
Infants Deaths.
During the year 12 infants died before reaching
the age of one year.
Rate of Infant Deaths under one year per 1,000 live
births was 27.6 as against 26.4 last year. That of England
and Wales was 29.8.
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