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 8
Year | Births | Maternal death rate† | Stillbirth rate† | Neonatal death rate§ | One month to one year death rote§ (8) - (6) | Infant mortality rate§ | Reproductive wastage rate (5) + (8) | Pulmonary tuberculosis | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Notif. rate* | Death rate* | Under 15 death rate* | |||||||||
No. | Rate* | ||||||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) |
1931 | 3115 | 14.1 | 4.9 | 31 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 80 | 1.3 | 0.69 | 0.010 |
1932 | 2817 | 12.7 | 3.4 | 32 | 31 | 23 | 54 | 86 | 1.2 | 0.59 | 0.004 |
1933 | 2702 | 12.2 | 2.6 | 31 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 70 | 1.2 | 0.68 | 0.010 |
1934 | 2715 | 12.2 | 1.5 | 36 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 79 | 1.3 | 0.58 | 0.022 |
1935 | 2792 | 12.5 | 4.3 | 35 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 78 | 1.2 | 0.58 | 0.026 |
1936 | 2932 | 13.0 | 2.0 | 37 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 92 | 1.3 | 0.62 | 0.009 |
1937 | 3019 | 13.4 | 1.3 | 39 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 86 | 1.5 | 0.59 | Nil |
1938 | 3188 | 13.9 | 2.1 | 26 | - | - | 47 | 73 | 1.1 | 0.61 | 0.004 |
1939 | 3135 | 13.6 | 2.9 | 34 | - | - | 42 | 76 | 1.1 | 0.64 | Nil |
1940 | 2833 | 14.7 | 1.0 | 24 | — | — | 45 | 69 | 1.1 | 0.67 | 0.005 |
1941 | 2068 | 13.9 | 1.9 | 29 | - | - | 34 | 63 | 1.8 | 0.93 | 0.007 |
1942 | 2732 | 16.8 | 3.2 | 37 | - | - | 37 | 74 | 1.8 | 0.73 | Nil |
1943 | 3151 | 18.7 | 3.1 | 25 | - | - | 42 | 67 | 1.9 | 0.76 | 0.012 |
1944 | 3046 | 18.6 | 1.0 | 22 | - | - | 40 | 62 | 1.9 | 0.79 | 0.012 |
1945 | 3030 | 17.7 | 1.9 | 18 | - | - | 34 | 52 | 1.8 | 0.71 | 0.005 |
1946 | 4491 | 21.7 | 1.1 | 21 | - | - | 33 | 54 | 1.9 | 0.53 | 0.010 |
1947 | 4841 | 21.9 | 1.0 | 21 | — | — | 33 | 54 | 1.6 | 0.55 | 0.010 |
1948 | 4274 | 18.9 | 0.5 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 43 | 2.0 | 0.48 | 0.004 |
1949 | 3823 | 16.8 | 0.3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 1.5 | 0.40 | Nil |
*per 1,000 population, †per 1,000 live and stillbirths. §per 1,000 livebirths. — equals figure not available. |