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Crayford 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]

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Table: SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS.

SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS.

England & Crayford Wales U.d.C.
Rates per 1,000Home Population
BIRTHS.
Live Births15.015.4
Stillbirths0.35.21
23.1(a)13.5(a)
DEATHS.
All Causes11.77.7
Typhoid and paratyphoid0.00—
Whooping Cough0.00—
Diphtheria0.00—
Tuberculosis0.15.07
Influenza0.07—
Smallpox——
Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis)0.01—
Pneumonia0.51.21
NOTIFICATIONS (Corrected)
Typhoid Fever0.00—
Paratyphoid Fever0.02—
Meningococcal Infection0.03—
Scarlet Fever0.73.98
Whooping Cough1.781.5
Diphtheria0.00—
Erysipelas0.1.14
Smallpox——
Measles15.6128.6
Pneumonia0.63.7
Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis)Paralytic0.08.07
Non-paralytic0.06.03
Food Poisoning0.29—
Puerperal Pyrexia17.79(a)9.0(a)
DEATHS.Rates per 1,000 Live Births
All causes under 1 year of age Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age24.9(b)18.3(b)
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(a) Per 1,000 total (Live and Still) Births.
(b) Per 1,000 related Live Births.
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