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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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TABLE No. 70.
Birth Rates, Death Rates and Analysis of Mortality in the Year 1937.
| 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 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 | 14.9 | 0.60 | 12.4 | 0.01 | — | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.45 | 0.56 | 5.5 | 58 | 90.4 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 1.0 |
| 125 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London. | 14.9 | 0.58 | 12.5 | 0.01 | — | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 008 | 0.41 | 0.54 | 7.4 | 62 | 90.8 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 0.5 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931). | 15.1 | 0.64 | 11.8 | 0.01 | — | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.44 | 0.57 | 4.6 | 56 | 92.1 | 5.1 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| London | 13.4 | 0.46 | 12.5 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.40 | 0.56 | 12.3 | 60 | 87.5 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 0.0 |