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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 1927
[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 1927.
| 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. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhœal and Enteritis (under Two years). | Total Deaths under 1 Year. | Certified by Registered Medical Practitioners | Inquest Cases. | Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | ||
| England and Wales | 16.7 | 12.3 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 001 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.57 | 0.51 | 6.3 | 69 | 91.7 | 6.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| 107 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London. | 17.1 | 12.2 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.49 | 0.46 | 8.3 | 71 | 91.9 | 6.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| 155 Smaller Towns (1921 Adjusted Populations, 20,000.50,000). | 16.4 | 11.3 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 001 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.58 | 0.41 | 5.0 | 68 | 92.7 | 5.8 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
| London | 16.1 | 11.9 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.39 | 0.51 | 7.5 | 59 | 90.3 | 7.9 | 1.8 | 0.0 |
| WOOLWICH | 15.9 | 10.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.32 | 0.39 | 2.2 | 42 | 89.7 | 10.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |