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 11—
Year | Population | Death rate * | % dying under age 45 | % dying under age 65 | Birth 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 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 | 26 | 52 | 14 | - | 4.9 | 31 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 80 | 132 | 69 | 14 |
1932 | 221,500 | 10.2 | 26 | 49 | 13 | - | 3.4 | 32 | 31 | 23 | 54 | 86 | 123 | 59 | 11 |
1933 | 221,100 | 10.2 | 22 | 50 | 12 | - | 2.6 | 31 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 70 | 125 | 68 | 9 |
1934 | 222,180 | 10.1 | 23 | 50 | 12 | - | 1.5 | 36 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 79 | 129 | 58 | 14 |
1935 | 223,000 | 10.0 | 23 | 47 | 12 | - | 4.3 | 35 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 78 | 126 | 58 | 13 |
1936 | 224,000 | 10.9 | 23 | 48 | 13 | - | 2.0 | 37 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 92 | 131 | 62 | 12 |
1937 | 226,000 | 10.9 | 20 | 47 | 13 | - | 1.3 | 39 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 86 | 156 | 59 | 12 |
1938 | 229,000 | 10.5 | 23 | 49 | 14 | - | 2.1 | 26 | - | - | 47 | 73 | 116 | 61 | 12 |
1939 | 220,300 | 10.8 | — | — | 14 | - | 2.9 | 34 | - | - | 42 | 76 | 111 | 64 | 12 |
1940 | 192,540 | 15.8 | 22 | 50 | 15 | — | 1.0 | 24 | — | — | 45 | 69 | 111 | 67 | 11 |
1941 | 148,150 | 14.3 | 22 | 48 | 14 | - | 1.9 | 29 | - | - | 34 | 63 | 176 | 93 | 10 |
1942 | 161,800 | 12.0 | 18 | 44 | 17 | - | 3.2 | 37 | - | - | 37 | 74 | 175 | 73 | 15 |
1943 | 168,530 | 13.9 | 20 | 45 | 19 | - | 3.1 | 25 | - | - | 42 | 67 | 194 | 76 | 14 |
1944 | 163,320 | 14.8 | 21 | 49 | 19 | - | 10 | 22 | - | - | 40 | 62 | 196 | 79 | 11 |
1945 | 171,280 | 12.1 | 20 | 43 | 18 | - | 1.9 | 18 | - | - | 34 | 52 | 179 | 71 | 13 |
1946 | 207,410 | 10 6 | 17 | 43 | 22 | - | 1.1 | 21 | - | - | 33 | 54 | 193 | 53 | 15 |
1947 | 221,170 | 11.9 | 17 | 42 | 22 | - | 1.0 | 21 | - | - | 33 | 54 | 166 | 55 | 12 |
1948 | 226,100 | 9.9 | 16 | 41 | 19 | - | 0.5 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 43 | 198 | 43 | 16 |
1949 | 227,700 | 10.2 | 11 | 35 | 17 | - | 0.3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 146 | 40 | 12 |
1950 | 228,300 | 10.6 | 11 | 35 | 15 | - | 0.6 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 40 | 158 | 29 | 13 |
1951 | 227,200 | 112 | 10 | 34 | 15 | 67 | 0.3 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 41 | 117 | 26 | 15 |
1952 | 227,100 | 11.4 | 9 | 32 | 14 | 86 | 0.3 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 40 | 117 | 15 | 8 |
1953 | 225,800 | 11.1 | 9 | 29 | 14 | 75 | 0.3 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 45 | 136 | 19 | 14 |
1954 | 224,200 | 10.0 | 8 | 31 | 14 | 60 | 0.0 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 35 | 102 | 16 | 10 |
1955 | 223,400 | 10.8 | 7 | 28 | 14 | 69 | 0.9 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 114 | 10 | 5 |
1956 | 222,100 | 11.3 | 6 | 27 | 14 | 59 | 0.0 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 38 | 88 | 13 | 11 |
1957 | 220,900 | 11.0 | 8 | 32 | 15 | 65 | 0.6 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 33 | 100 | 14 | 10 |
1958 | 221,000 | 11.0 | 8 | 29 | 15 | 78 | 0.0 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 24 | 42 | 98 | 8 | 11 |
1959 | 221,000 | 11.8 | 7 | 28 | 16 | 75 | 0.8 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 36 | 56 | 5 | 8 |
1960 | 221,300 | 11.3 | 8 | 28 | 16 | 69 | 0.0 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 36 | 54 | 5 | 10 |