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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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TABLE No. 11.
Birth.rate, Death.rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the Year 1930.
| 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 & Enteritis (under 2 yrs.) | Total Deaths under 1 Year. | Certified by Registered Medical Practitioners | Inquest Cases. | Certified by Coroner after P.M. No inquest. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |||
| Live Births | Still Births | ||||||||||||||||
| England and Wales | 16.3 | 0.69 | 11.4 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.55 | 6.0 | 60 | 90.4 | 6.9 | 1.7 | 1.0 |
| 107 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London. | 16.6 | 0.71 | 11.5 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.50 | 8.3 | 64 | 90.6 | 6.6 | 2.3 | 0.5 |
| 159 Smaller Towns (1921 Adjusted Populations 20,000.50,000). | 16.2 | 0.69 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.43 | 4.4 | 55 | 91.8 | 5.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| London | 15.7 | 0.56 | 11.4 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.55 | 9.9 | 59 | 88.3 | 7.4 | 4.3 | 0.0 |
| WOOLWICH | 15.5 | 0.54 | 109 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 004 | 009 | 0.38 | 4.6 | 41 | 89.1 | 8.4 | 2.5 | 0.0 |