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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 11.—Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the Year 1923.
The following three Tables are self-explanatory.
| Birth rate per 1,000 total population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | j Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping-cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. J | Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 Years) | Total Deaths under One Year. | Causes of Death Certified by Registered Medical Practitioners | Inquest Cases. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | ||
| England and Wales | 19.7 | 11.6 | 001 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.22 | 0.44 | 7.7 | 69 | 920 | 6.9 | 1.1 |
| 105 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 20.4 | 11.6 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.22 | 0.40 | 9.9 | 72 | 92.2 | 7.2 | 0.6 |
| 157 Smaller Towns (1921 adjusted Populations 20,000— 50,000) | 19.8 | 10.6 | 0.01 | — | 0.19 | 0.02 9 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.21 | 0.38 | 6.4 | 69 | 92.6 | 6.1 | 1.3 |
| London | 20.2 | 11.2 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.17 | 0.45 | 10.2 | 60 | 90.8 | 9.1 | 0.1 |
| WOOLWICH | 20.5 | 9.9 | — | — | — | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.29 | 0.07 | 43 | 90.8 | 9.2 | — |