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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 1932
[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 shewn below:—
TABLE No. 9.
| Births—Legitimate | 1,980 |
| „ —Illegitimate | 74 |
| 2,054 | |
| Still-births | 64 |
| „ Rate per 1,000 total births | 31.1 |
| Birth Rate | 14.0 |
| Deaths | 1,635 |
| Death Rate | 11.1 |
| Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions | 55.9 |
| Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, Child Birth:— | |
| 4 | |
| 2 | |
| Deaths of Infants under one year:— | |
| (a) Legitimate | 111 |
| (b) Illegitimate | 12 |
| Infantile Mortality Rate | 60 |
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | 25 |
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | 8 |
| „ „ Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) | 8 |