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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 88.
Birth Rates, Death Rates and Analysis of Mortality in the Year 1935.
| 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. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 yrs) | Total Deaths 1 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 | 14.7 | 0.63 | 11.7 | 0.00 | — | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.54 | 5.6 | 57 | 90.4 | 6.4 | 2.2 | 10 |
| 121 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London. | 14.8 | 0.61 | 11.8 | 0.00 | — | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0 .05 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.52 | 7.6 | 62 | 90.9 | 5.8 | 2.8 | 0.5 |
| 140 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931).. | 14.8 | 0.64 | 11.2 | 0.00 | — | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.53 | 4.8 | 55 | 91.9 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 1.0 |
| London | 13.3 | 0.44 | 11.4 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.55 | 11.3 | 58 | 87.7 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 0.1 |
| WOOLWICH | 14.0 | 0.57 | 10.2 | — | — | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.46 | 8.7 | 44 | 85.8 | 8.6 | 5.6 | — |