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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 1929
[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 1929.
| Rate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death-Rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Enteric Fever. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhoea' and Enteritis (under Two years). | Total Deaths under 1 Year. | Certified by Registered Mcdical Practitioners | Inquest Cases. | Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |||
| Live Births | Still Births | ||||||||||||||||
| England and Wales | 16.3 | 0.68 | 13.4 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.8 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.74 | 0.55 | 8.1 | 74 | 91.5 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 0.9 |
| 107 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London. | 16.6 | 0.69 | 13.7 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.09 | 0.76 | 0.50 | 10.9 | 79 | 91.8 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 0.5 |
| 157 Smaller Towns (1921 Adjusted Populations, 20,000.50,000). | 16.0 | 0.71 | 12.3 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.07 | 0.71 | 0.45 | 5.9 | 69 | 92.6 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| London | 15.7 | 0.53 | 13.8 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.26 | 008 | 0.69 | 0.56 | 10.7 | 70 | 89.5 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 0.0 |
| WOOLWICH | 16.3 | 0.56 | 12.6 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0.68 | 0.43 | 9.1 | 62 | 90.3 | 8.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 |