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

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Lewisham 1955

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

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Table 10—Continued.

YearPopulationDeath rate ♦% dying under age 45% dying under age 65Birth rate *Premature 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 tuberculosisTuberculosis (all forms)
Notif. rate† †Death rate† †% notif. rate under 15
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)
1931220,80010.225.651.714.1_4.931252449801326913.6
1932221,50010.226049.412.7-3.432312354861235910.7
1933221,10010.221.949.812.2-2.63121183970125689.2
1934222,18010.123.550.512.2-1.536212243791295814.4
1935223,00010.022.646.712.5-4.335241943781265812.7
1936224,00010.923.148.113.0-2.037233255921316211.6
1937226,00010.920.446.713.4-1.339182947861565911.9
1938229,00010.523.348.713.9-2.126--47731166112.4
1939220,30010.813.6-2.934-42761116411.6
1940192,54015.822.150.014.71.02445691116711.1
1941148,15014.321.748.113.9-1.929--34631769310.2
1942161,80012.018.443.816.8-3.23737741757315.3
1943168,53013.920.544.918.7-3.125--42671947613.6
1944163,32014.821.448.818.6-1.022_--_40621967910.8
1945171,28012.120.543.417.7-1.918-34521797113.2
1946207,41010.617.543.021.7-1.121--33541935315.4
1947221,17011.917.041.921.9-1.021-33541665512.4
1948226,1009.915.640.718.9-0-515151328431984815.7
1949227,70010.210.734.916.8-0.31613619351464012.4
1950228,30010.611.235.215.30.61519726401582912.6
1951227,20011.210.133.615.3670.31617825411172614.7
1952227,10011.48.732.013.9860.3181662240117158.8
1953225,80011.18.929.514.4750.32316622451361913.8
1954224,20010.08.331.514.2600.01413821351021610.2
1955223,40010.87.127.914.0690.9181161735114105.1

*per 1,000 population, fper 1,000 notified livebirths. **per 1,000 registered livebirths.


per 1,000 registered live and stillbirths. †

per 100,000 population. equals figure not available.