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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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SECTION IX.
VITAL STATISTICS.
In accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Health, the following
extracts from the vital statistics of the year are shown below:—
TABLE No. 64.
| Live Births—Legitimate | 2,060 |
| Live Births—Illegitimate | 65 |
| 2,125 | |
| Birth Rate | 14.2 |
| Still-births | 84 |
| Still-births—Rate per 1,000 total births | 39.5 |
| Deaths | 1,660 |
| Death Rate | 11.1 |
| Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions | 61.8 |
| Deaths from puerperal causes:— | |
| — | |
| (b) From other causes | 3 |
| Death rate from puerperal causes per 1,000 total births | 1.35 |
| Death Rate of Infants one year of age:— | |
| 40 | |
| (6) Legitimate Infants | 38 |
| (c) Illegitimate Infants | 123 |
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 245 |
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | — |
| Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) | 5 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 13 |