Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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Population (mid-year 1954. per Registrar General) | 66.380 |
Birth Rate | 15.8 |
Death Rate | 7.8 |
Maternal Mortality Rate | Nil |
Infant Mortality Rate | 14.3 |
Number of Births (live) | 1.047 |
Number of Stillbirths | 32 |
Number* of Deaths | 516 |
Number of Maternal Deaths | Nil |
Number of Infant Deaths (under 1 year) | 15 |
Death Rate of Respiratory Diseases (including Influenza but not Tuberculosis) | 0.68 |
Death Rate of Tuberculosis | 0.07 |
Death Rate of Zymotic Diseases | 0.01 |
Notifications of Infectious Diseases:— | |
Diphtheria | — |
Poliomyelitis | 1 |
Paratyphoid Fever | 2 |
Typhoid Fever | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 93 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 56 |
Scarlet Fever | 111 |
Tuberculosis (new cases) | 46 |
Number of Deaths from Infectious Diseases | 2 |
Number of Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | Nil |
Number of visits by Sanitary Inspectors | 5,637 |