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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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| Rate per 1,000 Home Population. | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Home Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Still Births. | All Causes | Tubercilosis | Acute Poliomyelites imcluding Polio encephalitis | Smallpox | Whooping Couth | Diphtheria | Influenza | Pneumonia | Typhoid Paratyphoid Fevers. | Diarrhoea and ERnteritis (under 2 years) | Total Deaths under 1 year. | |
| England and Wales | 15.5 | 0.35 | 11.4 | 0.20 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 016 | 0.55 | 0.00 | 1.1 | 26.8 |
| 60 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 17.0 | 0.43 | 12.2 | 0.24 | 001 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.59 | 0.00 | 1.3 | 30.8 |
| 60 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1951) | 15.7 | 0.34 | 11.3 | 0.19 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 017 | 0.52 | _ | 0.9 | 24.3 |
| jondon (Administrative County) | 17.5 | 0.38 | 12.5 | 0.24 | 0.01 | — | 0.00 | — | 0.15 | 0.64 | — | 11 | 24.8 |
| WOOLWICH | 13.7 | 0.33 | 10.3 | 0.25 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | — | 000 | 0.55 | — | 0.002 | 21.4 |
The birth and death rates locally and nationally are compared in the following
table:—
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