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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Year | Population | Death rate* | ! % dying under age 45 | % dying under age 65 | Birth rate * | Premature birth rate t | Maternal death rate † | f Stillbirth rate t | 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) | |
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Notif. rate* | Death rate* | % notif. rate under 15 | |||||||||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (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 | — | 2.6 | 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 | 22.6 | 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 | — | 2.0 | 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 | 11 | 0.61 | 12.4 |
1939 | 220,300 | 10.8 | — | — | 13.6 | — | 29 | 34 | _ | _ | 42 | 76 | 1.1 | 0.64 | 11.6 |
1940 | 192,540 | 15.8 | 22.1 | 50.0 | 14.7 | — | 10 | 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 | 187 | — | 3.1 | 25 | - | — | 42 | 67 | 1.9 | 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 | 11.9 | 17.0 | 41.9 | 21 .9 | — | 1.0 | 21 | - | — | 33 | 54 | 1.6 | 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 | 112 | 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 | 1.2 | 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 |
1954 | 224,200 | 100 | 8.3 | 31.5 | 14 2 | 60 | 0.0 | 14 | 13 | | 8 | 21 | 35 | 1.0 | 0.16 | 8.8 |