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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 72.
Birth Rates, Death Rates and Analysis of Mortality in the Year 1936.
| 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.1 | 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 | 14.8 | 0.61 | 12.1 | 0.01 | – | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.55 | 5.7 | 59 | 90.4 | 6.2 | 2.4 | 1.0 |
| 122 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London. | 14.9 | 0.59 | 12.3 | 0.01 | – | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.54 | 7.8 | 63 | 90.9 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 0.5 |
| 143 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931). | 15.0 | 0.64 | 11.6 | 0.01 | – | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.54 | 4.6 | 56 | 92.0 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 |
| London | 13.6 | 0.45 | 12.3 | 0.01 | – | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.56 | 14.5 | 66 | 87.9 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 0.1 |
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