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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 1898
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, 1898
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TABLE I.
Summary of Statistics for 1898, compared with Registration London.
| Plumstead. | London. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Area | 3,388 acres | 77,410 acres |
| Inhabited houses (June, 1898) | 10,298 | ||
| Number of persons to a house | 608 | ||
| 2. | Population (Census 1896) | 59,252 | 4,421,955 |
| Population, estimated to June 30th, 1898 | 62,603 | 4,504,766 | |
| Total Deaths (corrected for Public Institu tions) | 1016 | 82,037 | |
| Total Births | 1896 | 132,432 | |
| Naural increase of population | 880 | 50,395 | |
| Estimated increase | 1513 | ||
| 3. | Birth Bate | 30.2 | 29.5 |
| Death Rate | 16.2 | 18.3 | |
| Zymotic Death Rate | 3.5 | 2.77 | |
| Deaths under 1 year, per 1000 births | 15.6 | 166 | |
| 4. | Uncertified deaths, per cent, of total deaths | 4.1 | |
| Deaths from violence | 26 | ||
| Inquest cases | 38 | ||
| 5. | Death Bate, 1896 | 15.6 | 18.1 |
| 1897 | 13.6 | 17.7 | |
| 1898 | 16.2 | 18.3 | |