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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 1957
[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 | 16.1 | 16.64 |
| Stillbirths | 0.37 | 0.33 |
| 22.4 (a) | 19.6 (a) | |
| DEATHS | ||
| All causes | 11.5 | 9.5 |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid | 0.00 | -. |
| Whooping Cough | 0.00 | - |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | - |
| Tuberculosis | 0.11 | 0.03 |
| Influenza | 0.16 | 0.16 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| Pneumonia | 0.56 | 0.7 |
| NOTIFICATIONS (Corrected) | ||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.02 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.66 | 0.53 |
| Whooping Cough | 1.89 | 4.07 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | - |
| Erysipelas | 0.08 | - |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | - |
| Measles | 14.11 | 23.38 |
| Pneumonia | 0.73 | 0.4 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) | ||
| Paralytic | 0.07 | 0.1 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.04 | 0.1 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.20 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 16.00 (a) | 7.86 (a) |