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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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TABLE No. 15
Birth Rates, Death Rates and Analysis of Mortality in the year 1932.
| Rate per 1,000 Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhœa and 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 | 15.3 | 0.66 | 12.0 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.33 | 0.54 | 6.6 | 65 | 91.1 | 6.2 | 1.8 | 0.9 |
| 118 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London. | 15.4 | 0.64 | 12.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.28 | 0.54 | 8.6 | 70 | 91.3 | 5.9 | 2.3 | 0.5 |
| 126 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931). | 15.2 | 0.68 | 11.4 | 0.01 | – | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.31 | 0.53 | 5.3 | 61 | 91.9 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
| London | 14.3 | 0.46 | 12.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.28 | 0.57 | 12.5 | 67 | 89.4 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 0.0 |