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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH, PLUMSTEAD,
YEAR, 1893.
To the Plumstead Board of Works.
Gentlemen,
The following is my report for the past year :
A.—Vital Statistics.
Births.
1. There was an increase of 18 births as compared with last
year. Presuming that the population continues to increase at
the same rate as from 1881 to 1891, the birth-rate is diminishing.
This is no doubt partly due to the general depression of trade,
causing fewer marriages. Of the births 941 were females, 962
males.
Deaths.
2. The death-rate 17.0 was high for Plumstead. The deaths
from Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Measles, and Diarrhoea, were all
in excess of those registered in recent years, Whooping Cough
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