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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. 18.
Child Mortality (2-5 years).
Death Rates per 1,000 estimated age population from stated Groups of Diseases, in quinquennial periods, etc.
| 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 |
| 1929 | 6,822 | 1.91 | .44 | 1.02 | .14 | 1 . 91 | 5.42 |
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The number of deaths of infants under one year of age
was 144—30 more than in 1928. The rate of infant mortality
resulting from these deaths (deaths under one year per 1,000
births) was 62, compared with 50 in 1928. The lowest
infantile mortality figure ever recorded in the annals of the
Borough was 42, in 1927. The rate for the administrative
County of London was 70, and for England and Wales, 74.
In four metropolitan boroughs—Lewisham, Stoke Newington,
Hampstead and Hackney—the infantile mortality rate was
lower. In Hammersmith and Wandsworth, it was the same
as in Woolwich.