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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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Total M. F.
Deaths. 266 136 130
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 9.56
General death rate for England and Wales 12.5.
The Birth Rate and Death Rate for Crayford compares
favourably with that for other parts of the Country.
The Registrar General has supplied comparability factors for
1951. The standardised Birth Rate which allows for comparison
with other parts of the Country is 12.9 and the standardised
Death Rate is 11.6.
Maternal Deaths:—
There were no Maternal Deaths in 1951.
Deiths of Infants under one year of age:—
Deaths of Infants under one Total M. F.
year of age 8 5 3
Rate per 1,000 live births (Crayford) 20.7.
Rate per 1,000 legitimate live births 21.4.
General death rate of infants under 1 year of age for England
and Wales 29.6.
Deaths from Various Causes.
Malignant Neoplasm (all ages) 49
Measles (all ages) 1
Whooping Cough (all ages) —
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) —