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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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GENERAL STATISTICS
Area of Borough 8,282 statute acres
Number of houses 38,424
Number of persons per acre 18.0
Rateable Value (March, 1950) £1,202,783
Sum represented by a Penny Rate £4,850
Extracts from the vital statistics for the year are shown below:—
Table No. 1.
| Population (Home, i.e., including members of H.M. Forces stationed in the district) | 149,000 |
| Live Births—Legitimate | 2,073 |
| Live Births—Illegitimate | 99 |
| Total Live Births | 2,172 |
| Birth Rate | 14.57 |
| Stillbirths | 42 |
| Stillbirths—Rate per 1,000 total births | 18.0 |
| Deaths | 1,668 |
| Death Rate per 1,000 population | 11.2 |
| Maternal Deaths | 2 |
| Death Rate from Puerperal Causes per 1,000 total births | .92 |
| Deaths of Infants under one year | 53 |
| Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:— | |
| 24.4 | |
| 23.0 | |
| (c) Illegitimate Infants | 30.3 |
| Deaths from Tuberculosis (all forms) | 58 |
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 330 |
| Deaths from Whooping Cough | 0 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 2 |