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VITAL STATISTICS
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) 149,800
Live Births—Legitimate 2,163
Live Births—-Illegitimate 110
Total Live Births 2,273
Birth Rate 15.1
Stillbirths 39
Stillbirths—Rate per 1,000 total births 17.1
Deaths 1,838
Death Rate per 1,000 population 12.3
Maternal Deaths 1
Death Rate from Puerperal Causes per 1,000 total births .44
Deaths of Infants under one year 63
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age 27.7
Deaths from Tuberculosis (all forms) 57
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 288
Deaths from Whooping Cough 1
Births.
The number of live births registered in Woolwich during 1951 was 1,951.
After correction for inward and outward transfers, the net number of Woolwich live
births was 2,273, being 101 more than in the previous year. Of the total births,
1,180 were boys and 1,093 girls. It is known that 1,454 births took place in public
institutions in the Borough, of which 900 concerned Woolwich mothers. The birth
rate was 15.1, which, when adjusted to allow for the differing age and sex distribution
of the population in various parts of the country, gives a birth rate of 15.7
compared with the birth rate for England and Wales of 15.5 and for London of 17.8.
There were 39 stillbirths during the year under review.
Natural Increase in Population (i.e., Excess of Births over Deaths).
In 1951 the natural increase in population was 435. In 1950 it was 500, and
in 1949, 932.
Deaths.
The number of deaths registered in Woolwich was 1,425, and after correction
for inward and outward transfers the net number was 1,838, giving a death rate
of 12.3 for the Borough. This figure is higher than for the previous year (11.2)
The adjusted death rate for Woolwich was 11.7, compared with 13.1 for
London, and 12.5 for England and Wales.
Deaths of Woolwich residents in hospitals in the Borough totalled 369, whilst
472 died in other hospitals outside the Borough.