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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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TABLE No. 10.—Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the Year 1922.
| 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 | 20.6 | 12.9 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.54 | 0.44 | 6.2 | 77 | 25.6 | 92.7 | 6.2 | 1.1 |
| 105 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 21.4 | 13.0 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.22 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 0.13 | 0.56 | 0.41 | 7.6 | 82 | 32.9 | 92.6 | 6.7 | 0.7 |
| 155 Smaller Towns (1921 adjusted Populations 20,000— 50,000) | 20.5 | 11.7 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.58 | 0.35 | 5.6 | 75 | 16.9 | 93.6 | 5.1 | 1.3 |
| London | 21.0 | 13.4 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.07 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.57 | 0.45 | 7.1 | 74 | 48.7 | 92.1 | 7.8 | 0.1 |