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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS
| England & Wales | Crayford U..D C. | |
|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Home Population | ||
| BIRTHS | ||
| Live Births | 15.6 | 16.1 |
| Stillbirths | ( 0.37 | 0.2 |
| ( 23.0 (a) | 12.4 (a) | |
| DEATHS | ||
| All Causes | 11.7 | 8.36 |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid | 0.00 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 0.00 | - |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | - |
| Tuberculosis | 0.12 | 0.1 |
| Influenza | 0.06 | - |
| Smallpox | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) | 0.00 | - |
| Pneumonia | 0.52 | 0 57 |
| NOTIFICATIONS (Corrected) | ||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.1 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.03 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.74 | 1.49 |
| Whooping Cough | 2.07 | 0.85 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | - |
| Erysipelas | 0.10 | - |
| Smallpox | - | - |
| Measles | 3.59 | 0.24 |
| Pneumonia | 0.57 | 0.3 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) Paralytic | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.03 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 0.25 | 0.17 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 16.31 (a) | 12.45 (a) |
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