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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
Orpington 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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TABLE I.
| SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1958 | |
|---|---|
| Population (mid-year, 1958) per Registrar General | 73,640 |
| Birth Rate (Crude) | 17.9 |
| Death Rate (Crude) | 10.1 |
| Maternal Mortality Rate | Nil |
| Infant Mortality Rate | 20.5 |
| Number of Births (live) | 1,319 |
| Number of Stillbirths | 24 |
| Number of Deaths | 747 |
| Number of Maternal Deaths | Nil |
| Number of Infant Deaths (under 1 year) | 27 |
| Number of Deaths from Infectious Diseases | 3 |
| Death Rates: — | |
| Respiratory Diseases | 1.62 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.05 |
| Cancer (all forms) | 2.15 |
| Cancer of the lung | 0.52 |
| Infectious Diseases | 0.04 |
| Notifications of Infectious Diseases: — | |
| Diphtheria | — |
| Dysentery | — |
| Erysipelas | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 65 |
| Measles | 74 |
| Poliomyelitis (paralytic) | 3 |
| Poliomyelitis (non-paralytic) | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 87 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 33 |
| Scarlet Fever | 29 |
| Tuberculosis (new cases and including Inward Transfers) | 96 |
| Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fever | 6 |
| Whooping Cough | 152 |
| Number of Visits made by the Public Health Inspectors | 6,130 |