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VITAL STATISTICS.
Table No. 1.
Population. Registrar-General's Estimate of—
(a) Resident population, middle of 1939 150,800
(b) Average population appropriate to the calculation of
death rates 143,400
Live Births—Legitimate 2,067
Live Births—Illegitimate 66
2,133
Birth Rate per 1,000 population 14.1
Still-births 56
Still-births—Rate per 1,000 total births 26.2
Deaths 1,592
Death Rate per 1,000 population 11.1
Deaths from puerperal causes:—
(а) From Sepsis —
(b) From other causes 3
Death rate from puerperal causes per 1,000 total births 1.43
Deaths of infants under one year of age 103
Death rate of Infants under one year of age:—
(а) All infants 49
(b) Legitimate infants 48
(c) Illegitimate infants 75
Notification of Births. After correction by inward and outward transfers
the total number of Woolwich live births notified was 2,045. Of this number it
is known that 1,295 took place in institutions.
Deaths. The total number of deaths of Woolwich residents from all causes
was 1,592. The classification by age under causes of death is shown in the following
Table No. 2.