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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 18.
Child Mortality (2-5 years).
Death Rates per 1,000 estimated age population from stated Groups of Diseases, in quinquennial periods.
| Period. | Estimated mean Population. | Infectious Fevers. | Tuberculosis. | Respiratory Diseases. | Diarrhœal Diseases. | All other causes. | Total Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911–1915 | 7,681 | 3.05 | 1.20 | 1.56 | .26 | 1.30 | 7.37 |
| 1916–1920 | 7,547 | 2.70 | 1.09 | 1.54 | .02 | 2.52 | 7.87 |
| 1921–1925 | 8,266 | 1.79 | .61 | .77 | .22 | 1.23 | 4.62 |
| 1926 | 7,794 | 1.29 | .51 | .89 | — | 1.41 | 4.10 |
| 1927 | 7,476 | .94 | .54 | 1.47 | .13 | .80 | 3.88 |
| 1928 | 7,121 | 1.83 | .42 | .42 | .14 | .98 | 3.79 |
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The number of deaths of infants under one year of age
was 114. The rate of infant mortality resulting from these
deaths (deaths under one year per 1,000 births) was 50.
A lower figure has only been recorded on three occasions—in
1922 and in 1926 it was 43, and in 1927 it was 42. The rate
for the administrative County of London was 67, and for
England and Wales, 65. In only one Metropolitan Borough
—Chelsea—was there a lower rate (48) ; in Wandsworth the
rate was also 50.