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Reproductive wastage—
Stillbirths plus infant deaths 143
Rate per thousand live and stillbirths 40.4
Maternal deaths
Number of maternal deaths 1
Maternal mortality rate per thousand live and stillbirths 0.28
Other special causes of death
Number of deaths from Whooping Cough 1
„ „ „ Measles 2
„ ,, „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 2
„ „ „ Motor Vehicle Accidents 18
„ „ „ Suicide21
„ „ „ Tuberculosis (all forms) 68
„ „ „ Cancer (Code Nos. 10—15) 470
„ „ „ Heart and Circulation Diseases
(Code Nos. 17.21) 1,165
Comparative statistics for the year 1951
Table 1
Birth rate (per 1,000
population)
Death rate
(per 1,000
population)
Infant
mortality
rate(per 1,000
live births)
Live
births
Still
births
Lewisham
15.3
0.25
11.2
24.7
England and Wales
15.5
0.36
12.5
29.6
London Administrative County
17.8
0.37
13.1
26.4
General summary of Vital Statistics for the last ten years
Table 2
Year
Estimated
population
Births
Deaths
Deaths under
one year
Deaths from
pulmonary
tuberculosis
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
1942
161,800
2732
16.8
1955
12.0
103
37
118
0.73
1943
168,530
3151
18.7
2359
13.9
134
42
128
0.76
1944
163,320
3046
18.6
2416
14.8
123
40
129
0.79
1945
171,280
3030
17.7
2068
12.1
102
34
122
0.71
1946
207,410
4491
21.7
2208
10.6
148
33
110
0.53
1947
221,170
4841
21.9
2452
11.9
161
33
121
0.55
1948
226,100
4274
18.9
2253
9.9
120
28
109
0.48
1949
227,700
3823
16.8
2326
10.2
73
19
92
0.40
1950
228,300
3487
15.3
2413
10.6
90
26
66
0.29
1951
227,200
3481
15.3
2542
11.2
86
25
60
0.26