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Orpington 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]

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Birth Rates, Death Rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality and case rate for certain Infectious Diseases in the Year 1945.

England and Wales.126 County Boroughs and Great Towns148 Smaller Towns (populations 25,000 to 40,000).London Administrative County.Orpington Urban District.
Rates per 1,000 Civilian population.
Births:
Live16.119.119.215.717.8
Still0.460.580.530.400.54
Deaths :
All Causes11.413.512.313.810.1
Typhoid and Paratyphoid0.000.000.000.00
Scarlet Fever0.000.000.000.00
Whooping Cough0.020.020.010.020.02
Diptheria0.020.020.020.01
Influenza0.080.070.070.070.08
Small Pox__.__
Measles0.020.020.020.01
Rates per 1,000 live Births.
Deaths under 1 year of age4654435328
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age.5.67.84.57.63.3
Rates per 1,000 Civilian population.
NOTIFICATIONS:
Typhoid Fever0.010.010.010.01
Paratyphoid Fever0.010.000.010.00
Cerebro-spinal Fever0.050.050.050.060.04
Scarlet Fever1.892.022.031.571.29
Whooping Cough1.641.651.471.253.12
Diphtheria0.460.520.560.310.28
Erysipelas0.250.280.240.310.34
Small Pox0.000.000.00
Measles11.6710.8911.199.0310.03
Pneumonia0.871.030.720.781.12
Rates per thousand Total Births (Live and Still).
NOTIFICATIONS:
Puerperal Fever9.9312.658.813.6036.1
Puerperal Pyrexia15.87*

A dash (—) signifies there were no deaths.
* Including Puerperal Fever.