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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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T able N o. 3.
Birth Rates, Death Rates and Analysis of Mortality in the Year 1950.
| Rate per 1,000 Population. | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Still Births. | All Causes | Tuberculosis | Acute Poliomyelitis incuding Polio encephalitis | Smallpox | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Pneumonia | Typhoid Partyphoid Fevers.. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | Total Deaths under 1 year. | |
| England and Wales | 15.8 | 0.37 | 11.6 | 0.36 | 0.02 | — | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.46 | 0.00 | 1.9 | 29.8 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 17.6 | 0.45 | 12.3 | 0.42 | 0.02 | - | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 2.2 | 33.8 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931) | 16.7 | 0.38 | 11.6 | 0.33 | 0.02 | - | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 1.6 | 29.4 |
| London | 17.8 | 0.36 | 11.8 | 0.39 | 0.01 | - | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.48 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 26.3 |
| WOOLWICH | 14.4 | 0.26 | 10.7 | 0.38 | 0.01 | . — | 0 .00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.44 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 24.4 |
The birth and death rates locally and nationally are compared in the following
table Table:—
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