[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough] page 10

Lewisham 1950

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

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Maternal deaths
Number of maternal deaths 2
Maternal mortality rate per thousand live and stillbirths 0.57
Other special causes of death
Number of deaths from Measles 1
„ „ „ Whooping Cough 2
,, ,, „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 2
„ „ „ Road Traffic Accidents 12
„ „ „ Suicide 18
„ „ „ Tuberculosis (all forms) 72
„ „ „ Cancer (Code Nos. 10—15) 473
„ „ „ Heart and Circulation Diseases
(Code Nos. 17-21) 1,127
Comparative statistics for the year 1950

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	Birth rate (per 1,000 population)		Death rate (per 1,000 population)	Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)
	Live births	Still births	Death rate (per 1,000 population)	Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)
Lewisham	15.3	0.23	10.6	25.8
England and Wales	15.8	0.37	11.6	29.8
London Administrative County	17.8	0.36	11 .8	26.3

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General summary of Vital Statistics for the last ten years

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Year	Estimated population	Births		Deaths		Deaths under one year		Deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis
Year	Estimated population	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
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	128	0.76
1944	163,320	3046	18.6	2416	14.8	123	40	129	0.79
1945	171,280	3030	17.7	2068	12.1	102	34	122	0.71
1946	207,410	4491	21 .7	2208	10.6	148	33	110	0.53
1947	221,170	4841	21 .9	2452	11 9	161	33	121	0.55
1948	226,100	4274	18.9	2253	9.9	120	28	109	0.48
1949	227,700	3823	16.8	2326	10.2	73	19	92	0.40
1950	228,300	3487	15.3	2413	10.6	90	26	66	0.29

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Lewisham 1950

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