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 Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 17.
Child Mortality (1.2 Years).
Death rates per 1,000 estimated age population from stated groups of diseases, in quinquennial periods.
Period. | Estimated mean Population. | Infectious Fevers. | Tuberculosis. | Respiratory Diseases. | Diarrhceal Diseases. | All other causes. | Total Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1911-1915 | 2,581 | 7.67 | 2.87 | 8.76 | 2.56 | 4.96 | 26.82 |
1916-1920 | 2,536 | 6.86 | 1.42 | 8.28 | .63 | 4.42 | 21.61 |
1921-1925 | 2,876 | 3.69 | 1.46 | 4.52 | .49 | 2.99 | 13.15 |
TABLE No. 18.
Child Mortality (2.5 Years).
Death rates per 1,000 estimated age population from stated groups of diseases, in quinquennial periods.
Period. | Estimated mean Population. | Infectious Fevers. | Tuberculosis. | Respiratory Diseases. | Diarrhœal Diseases. | All other causes. | Total Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1911-1915 | 7,681 | 3.05 | 1.20 | 1.56 | .26 | 1.30 | 7.37 |
1916-1920 | 7,547 | 2.70 | 1.09 | 1.54 | .02 | 2.52 | 7.87 |
1921-1925 | 8,266 | 1.79 | .61 | .77 | .22 | 1.23 | 4.62 |
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The number of deaths under one year of age was 141,
compared with 168 in 1924 and 123 in 1923. The infantile
mortality rate (deaths under one year per 1,000 births) was