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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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SECTION II.—VITAL STATISTICS.
In accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of
Health, the following extracts from the Vital Statistics of
year are shewn below.
TABLE No. 4.
| Births—Legitimate | 2,835 |
| „ Illegitimate | 106 |
| 2,941 | |
| Birth rate | 21.3 |
| Deaths | 1,603 |
| Death rate | 1.6 |
| Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, child birth | 6 |
| 3 | |
| (6) From other causes | 2 |
| Deaths of infants under 1 year | 184 |
| 171 | |
| 13 | |
| Infantile Mortality rate | 62 |
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | 21 |
| ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) | 20 |
| ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 7 |
The chief Vital Statistics of the Borough during 1922 and
the preceding five years are shown in table No. 5:—