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Orpington 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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BIRTH-RATES, CIVILIAN DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY AND CASE-RATES FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE YEAR 1947.
| England and Wales. | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London. | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident populations 25,000 to 50,000) 1931 Census | London Administrative County. | Orpington Urban District | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population. | |||||
| Births: | |||||
| Live | 20.5† | 23.3 | 22.2 | 22.7 | 19.0 |
| Still | 0.50† | 0.62 | 0.54 | 0.49 | 0.44 |
| Deaths: | |||||
| All Causes | 12.0† | 13.0 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 8.6 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | — |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Influenza | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.06 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Measles | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Notifications: | |||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.37 | 1.54 | 1.37 | 1.31 | 1.10 |
| Whooping Cough | 2.22 | 2.41 | 2.02 | 2.80 | 4.07 |
| Diphtheria | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.01 |
| Erysipelas | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.17 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | - |
| Measles | 9.41 | 9.13 | 9.58 | 5.29 | 5.06 |
| Pneumonia | 0.79 | 0.89 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.73 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||
| Deaths: | |||||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 41* | 47 | 36 | 37 | 29 |
| Enteritis and Diarrhœa under 2 years of age | 5.8 | 8.0 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 2.6 |
| Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births. | |||||
| Notifications: Puerperal Fever | 7.16 | 8.99 | 6.27 | 1.21 | 25.5 § |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6.94 | ||||
| A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths.† Rates per 1,000 total population. * Per 1,000 related births. § Including Puerperal Fever. | |||||