London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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12
Maternal deaths
Number of maternal deaths 2
(a) Puerperal sepsis 1
(b) Other maternal causes 1
Maternal mortality rate per thousand total live and still
births 0.46
Other deaths
Number of deaths from Measles (all ages) 2
„ „ „ Whooping Cough 7
„ „ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 7
„ „ „ Tuberculosis 111
„ „ „ Cancer 431
„ „ „ Heart Diseases 696
Comparative statistics for the" year 1948

Table: Table 1

Table 1

Birth rate (per 1,000 civilian population)Death rate (per 1,000 civilian population)Infant mortality rate(per 1,000 live births)
Live birthsStill births
Lewisham18.90.289.928
England and Wales17.90.4210.834
London Administrative County20.10.3911.631
*Rates per thousand total population.

Table: General summary of Vital Statistics for the last ten yearsTable 2

General summary of Vital Statistics for the last ten years

Table 2

YearEstimated PopulationBirthsDeathsDeaths under one yearDeaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis
NumberRateNumberRateNumberRateNumberRate
1939220,300313513.6235610.8129421400.63
1940192,540283314.7289815.8119451290.67
1941148,150206813.9212814.354341370.92
1942161,800273216.8195512.0103371180.73
1943168,530315118.7235913.9134421280.76
1944163,320304618.62416 |14.8123401290.79
1945171,280303017.7206812.1102341220.71
1946207,410449121.7220810.6148331100.53
1947221,170484121.9245211 .9161331210 55
1948226,100427418.922539.912028109'0.48
* 220,300 for death-rate ; 231,000 for birth-rate.