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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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SECTION II.—VITAL STATISTICS.
In accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Health, the following
extracts from the Vital Statistics of the year are shown below:—
TABLE No. 3.
Births—Legitimate 2,127
„ Illegitimate 61
2,188
Still.births 77
,, Rate per 1,000 total births 35 0
Birth Rate 15.5
Deaths 1,547
Death Rate 10.9
Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions 52.7
Number of Women dying in, or in consequence of Child Birth:—
(a) From Sepsis 4
(b) From other causes 4
Deaths of Infants under one year 91
(а) Legitimate 90
(b) Illegitimate 1
Infantile Mortality Rate 42
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 15
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 1
,, ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 10