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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Woolwich 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 8. —
| Birth rate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Bate per 1,000 Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping-cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 Years) | Total Deaths under One Year. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Certified Causes of Death. | Inquest Cases. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | ||
| England and Wales | 25.4 | 12.4 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.28 | 0.48 | 8.3 | 80 | 24.3 | 92.2 | 6.6 | 1.2 |
| 96 Great Towns, including London (Census Populations exceeding 50,000) | 26.2 | 12.5 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.22 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.31 | 0.43 | 10.4 | 85 | 31.3 | 92.2 | 7.1 | 0.7 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Census Populations 20,000—50,000) | 24.9 | 11.3 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.27 | 0.38 | 7.8 | 80 | 16.5 | 93.2 | 5.3 | 1.5 |
| London | 26.5 | 12.4 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.22 | 0.05 | 0.17 | 0.22 | 0.30 | 0.47 | 9.5 | 75 | 46.8 | 91.2 | 8.6 | 0.2 |
| WOOLWICH | 24.7 | 10.5 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.37 | 5.49 | 61 | 43.5 | 901 | 9.8 | 0.1 |