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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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The birth and death rates locally and nationally are compared in the following table:—
| Rate per 1,000 Population. | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Home Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Still Births. | AU 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 | 15.3 | 0.35 | 11.3 | 0.24 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 000 | 0.04 | 0.47 | 0.00 | 1.1 | 27.6 |
| 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 16.9 | 043 | 12.1 | 0.28 | 0.01 | — | 0.00 | 000 | 0.04 | 0.52 | 0.00 | 1.3 | 31.2 |
| 160 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1951) | 15.5 | 0.36 | 11.2 | 0.22 | 0.00 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 0.5 | 25.8 |
| London | 17.6 | 0.34 | 12.6 | 0.31 | 0.01 | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.58 | — | 0.7 | 23.8 |
| WOOLWICH | 14.8 | 0.24 | 10.4 | 0.25 | 0..00 | — | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 0.55 | — | 0.002 | 21.4 |