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Woolwich 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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D.M. GIBBS
MRS. M.N. McEWAN (Resigned 12.2.1956)
MISS F.E. GEE
B. HILLIER (Resigned 15.1.1956)
T. COUGHLAN (Appointed 50.1.1956)
MISS A.V. SMITH (Appointed 19.3.1956)
GENERAL STATISTICS
Area of Borough 8,282 statute acres
Number of Dwellings 42,517
Number of Persons per acre 17.8
Total Rateable Value (including
Government property) £2,629,128
Product of 1d. Rate £10,090
VITAL STATISTICS
Extracts from the vital statistics for the year, with comparative
figures for 1955, are shown below:-
TABLE No. 1
1956
1955
| Population(Home, i.e. including members of H.M. Forces stationed in the district) | 147,500 | 148,500 |
| Live Births- Legitimate | 1,863 | 1,900 |
| Live Births- Illegitimate | 90 | 71 |
| Total Live Births | 1,953 | 1,971 |
| Birth Rate | 13.2 | 13.2 |
| Stillbirths | 55 | 38 |
| Stillbirths- Rate per 1,000 total births | 28.1 | 19.2 |
| Total Deaths | 1,524 | 1,537 |
| Death Rate per 1,000 population | 10.4 | 10.3 |
| Maternal Deaths | Nil | 2 |
| Death Rate from Puerperal Causes per 1,000 total births | 1.0 | |
| Deaths of Infants under one year | 37 | 39 |
| Death Rate of Infants under one year | 18.9 | 19.7 |
| Deaths from Tuberculosis (all forms) | 22 | 23 |
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 309 | 311 |
| Deaths from Acute Poliomyelitis | Nil | 5 |
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