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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
Lewisham 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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OTHER DEATHS No. of deaths from MEALES (all ages) -
" " " WHOOPING-COUGH 2
" " " DIARRHOEA (under 2 yrs)4
" " " TUBERCULOSIS 126
" " " CANGER 346
" " " HEART .DISEASES 675
Comparative Statistics for the Year 1946
| Birth rate (per 1,000 civilian population) | Death -rate (per 1,000 civilian population) | Infant mortality rate ) per 1,000 live births) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Still Births | |||
| Lewishan | 21.7 | 0.47 | 10.6 | 33 |
| England & Tales | *19.1 | *0.53 | 11.5 | 43 |
| London, Administrative County | 21.5 | 0.54 | 12.7 | 41 |
*Rates per thousand total population. General Summary of Vital Statistics for the years 1938 - 1946
| Year | Estimated Population | Births | Deaths | Deaths under one year | Deaths from pulmonary. tuberculosis. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | ||
| 1938 | 229,000 | 1 3188 | 13.9 | 2403 | 10.5 | 151 | 47 | 153 | 0.61 |
| 1939 | 220,300 | 1 3135 | 13.6 | 2356 | 10.8 | 129 | 42 | 140 | 0.63 |
| 1940 | 192,540 | 2833 | 14.7 | 2898 | 15.8 | 119 | 45 | 129 | 0.67 |
| 1941 | 148,150 | 2068 | 13.9 | 2128 | 14.3 | 54 | 34 | 137 | 0.92 |
| 1942 | 161,800 | 2732 | 16.8 | 1955 | 12.0 | 103 | 37 | 118 | 0.73 |
| 1943 | 168,530 | 3151 | 18.7 | 2359 | 13.9 | 134 | 42 | 123 | 0.76 |
| 1944 | 163,320 | 3046 | 18.6 | 2416 | 14.8 | 123 | 40 | 129 | 0.79 |
| 1945 | 171,280 | 3030 | 17.7 | 2068 | l2.1 | 102 | 34 | 122 | 0.71 |
| 1946 | 207,410 | 4491 | 21.7 | 2208 | 10.6 | 148 | 33 | 110 | 0.53 |
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