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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
Plumstead 1894
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE I.
Summary of Statistics for 1894, compared with Registration London.
| Plumstead. | London. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Area | 3,388 acres. | 77,410 acres. |
| Inhabited houses, June, 1894 | 9,329 | |
| Number of persons to a house | 6.2 | |
| 2. Population—Census, 1891 | 52,436 | 4,221,452 |
| Population estimated to the middle of 1894 in method adopted by Registrar General (1) | 59,233 | 4,349,166 |
| Population estimated for Equalisation of Rates Bill (2) | 56,810 | |
| Total deaths—corrected | 736 | 77,039 |
| Total births | 1,910 | 130,552 |
| Natural increase of population | 1,174 | |
| Estimated increase | 2,160 | |
| 3. Birth-rate | 32.2 | 301 |
| Death-rate (1) | 12.4 | 17.8 |
| „ „ (2) | 12.9 | |
| Zymotic death-rate (1) | 2.06 | 2.7 |
| „ „ (2) | 2.16 | |
| Deaths under 1 year to 1000 births (Infantile death-rate.) | 94 | 143 |
| 4. Uncertified deaths (Per cent, of total deaths.) | 3.6 | 0.8 |
| Deaths from violence | 19 | |
| Inquest cases | 35 | |
| 5. Death-rate, 1892 | 15.2 | 20.3 |
| „ „ 1893 | 17.5 | 21.3 |
| „ „ 1894 (1) | 12.4 | 17.8 |
| „ „ (2) | 12.9 |