[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough] page 9

Lewisham 1953

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

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Table: Comparative statistics for the year 1953Table 1

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Comparative statistics for the year 1953

Table 1

	Birth rate		Death rate (per 1,000 population) (adjusted)	Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 livebirths)
	Live births (adjusted)	Still births	Death rate (per 1,000 population) (adjusted)	Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 livebirths)
Lewisham	13.4	23.5	11.1	22.5
England and Wales	15.5	22.4	11.4	26.8
London Administrative County	17.5	21.0	12.5	24.8

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

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General summary of Vital Statistics for the last ten years

Table 2

Year	Estimated population	Births		Deaths		Deaths under one year		Deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis
Year	Estimated population	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
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
1951	227,200	3481	15.3	2542	11.2	86	25	60	0.26
1952	227,100	3161	13.9	2580	11.4	71	22	35	0.15
1953	225,800	3247	14.4	2502	11.1	73	22	44	0.19