Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 69.
Birth-Rates, Death-Rates, and Analysis of Mortality in the Year 1933.
Rate per 1,000 Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||||
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All Causes | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhoea 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 | 14.4 | 0.62 | 12.3 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.57 | 0.54 | 7.1 | 64 | 90.9 | 6.3 | 1.9 | 0.9 |
118 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London. | 14.4 | 0.67 | 12.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 002 | 0 06 | 0.08 | 0.55 | 0.49 | 9.4 | 67 | 91.0 | 60 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
132 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931). | 14.5 | 0.63 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 002 | 004 | 0.04 | 0.53 | 0.44 | 4.9 | 56 | 91.7 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
London | 13.2 | 0.45 | 12.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.51 | 0.58 | 11.6 | 59 | 88.3 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
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