Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Table 1
Year | Population | Death rate * | % dying under age 45 | % dying under age 65 | Birth rate * | Pre. mature birth rate | Maternal death rate † | Stillbirth rate † | Neonatal death rate ** | One month to one year death rate (12.(10) ** | Infant mortality rate ** | Reproductive wastage rate (9) +(12) | Pulmonary tuberculosis | Tuberculosis (all forms) % notif. rat under15 | |
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Notif. rate* | Death rate* | ||||||||||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | |
1931 | 220,800 | 10.2 | 25.6 | 51.7 | 14.1 | - | 4.9 | 31 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 80 | 1.3 | 0.69 | 13.6 |
1932 | 221,500 | 10.2 | 26.0 | 49.4 | 12.7 | - | 3.4 | 32 | 31 | 23 | 54 | 86 | 1.2 | 0.59 | 10.7 |
1933 | 221,100 | 10.2 | 21 9 | 49.8 | 12 2 | - | 26 | 31 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 70 | 1.2 | 0.68 | 9.2 |
1934 | 222,180 | 10.1 | 23.5 | 50.5 | 12.2 | - | 1.5 | 36 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 79 | 1.3 | 0.58 | 14.4 |
1935 | 223,000 | 100 | 226 | 46.7 | 12.5 | - | 4.3 | 35 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 78 | 1.2 | 0.58 | 12.7 |
1936 | 224,000 | 10.9 | 23.1 | 48.1 | 13.0 | - | 20 | 37 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 92 | 1.3 | 0.62 | 11.6 |
1937 | 226,000 | 10.9 | 20.4 | 46.7 | 13 4 | - | 1.3 | 39 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 86 | 1.5 | 0.59 | 11.9 |
1938 | 229,000 | 10.5 | 23.3 | 48.7 | 13.9 | - | 2.1 | 26 | - | - | 47 | 73 | 1.1 | 0 61 | 12.4 |
1939 | 220,300 | 10.8 | - | - | 13.6 | - | 2.9 | 34 | - | - | 42 | 76 | 1.1 | 0.64 | 11.6 |
1940 | 192,540 | 15.8 | 22.1 | 50.0 | 14.7 | - | 1.0 | 24 | - | - | 45 | 69 | 1.1 | 0.67 | 11.1 |
1941 | 148,150 | 14.3 | 21.7 | 48.1 | 13.9 | - | 1.9 | 29 | - | - | 34 | 63 | 1.8 | 0.93 | 10.2 |
1942 | 161,800 | 12.0 | 18.4 | 43.8 | 16.8 | - | 3.2 | 37 | - | - | 37 | 74 | 1.8 | 0.73 | 15.3 |
1943 | 168,530 | 13.9 | 20.5 | 44.9 | 18.7 | - | 3.1 | 25 | - | - | 42 | 67 | 19 | 0.76 | 13.6 |
1944 | 163,320 | 14.8 | 21 4 | 48.8 | 18.6 | - | 1.0 | 22 | - | - | 40 | 62 | 1.9 | 0.79 | 10.8 |
1945 | 171,280 | 12.1 | 20.5 | 43 4 | 17 7 | - | 1.9 | 18 | - | - | 34 | 52 | 1.8 | 0.71 | 13.2 |
1946 | 207,410 | 10.6 | 17.5 | 43.0 | 21.7 | - | 1.1 | 21 | - | - | 33 | 54 | 1.9 | 0.53 | 15.4 |
1947 | 221,170 | 119 | 17.0 | 41 .9 | 21.9 | - | 1.0 | 21 | - | - | 33 | 54 | 16 | 0.55 | 12.4 |
1948 | 226,100 | 9 9 | 15 6 | 40.7 | 18 9 | - | 0.5 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 43 | 2.0 | 0.48 | 15.7 |
1949 | 227,700 | 10.2 | 10 7 | 34.9 | 16 8 | - | 0.3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 1.5 | 0.40 | 12.4 |
1950 | 228,300 | 10.6 | 11.2 | 35.2 | 15 3 | - | 0.6 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 40 | 1.6 | 0.29 | 12.6 |
1951 | 227,200 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 33 6 | 15.3 | 67 | 0.3 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 41 | 1.2 | 0.26 | 14.7 |
1952 | 227,100 | 11.4 | 8.7 | 320 | 13 9 | 86 | 0.3 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 40 | 12 | 0.15 | 8.8 |
1953 | 225,800 | 11.1 | 8.9 | 29.5 | 14.4 | 75 | 0.3 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 45 | 1.4 | 0.19 | 11.4 |