London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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| 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 including Polio encephalitis | Smallpox | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Pneumonia | Typhoid Paratyphoid Fevers. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | Total Deaths under 1 year. | |
| England and Wales | 15.5 | 0.36 | 12.5 | 0.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 0.61 | 0.00 | 1.4 | 29.6 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 17.3 | 0.45 | 13.4 | 0.37 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 0.65 | 0.00 | 1.6 | 33.9 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931) | 16.7 | 0.38 | 12.5 | 0.31 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 0.63 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 27.6 |
| London | 17.8 | 0.37 | 13.1 | 0.38 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0.61 | 0.00 | 0.7 | 26.4 |
| WOOLWICH | 15.7 | 0.27 | 11.7 | 0.38 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.66 | 0.00 | 2.6 | 27.7 |
The birth and death rates locally and nationally are compared in the following
table:—