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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 1893
The fifth annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the District of Woolwich for the year 1893
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| Locality. | Census, 1891. | Estimated Population to middle of 1893. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Birth-rate per 1000 living. | Annual Death-rate per 1000 living from all causes. | Annual Death-rate per 1000 living, from Zymotic Diseases. | Per centage of Deaths under 1 year to Births Registered. | Per Centage of Deaths to Total Deaths. | Remarks. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year of age. | At 60 years of age and upwards. | From Zymotic Diseases. | From Violence. | From Coroner's Inquests | At Public Institutions. | ||||||||||
| London | 4211056 | 4306411 | 123965 | 90060 | 30.9 | 209 | 30 | 16 4 | 23.8 | 23.8 | 14.4 | 3.7 | 8.1 | 26.8 | |
| Woolwich Dockyard | 19606 | 20109 | 580 | 401 | 28.8 | 19.9 | 3.6 | 16.7 | 24.1 | 21.9 | 18.4 | 4.2 | 7.0 | 18.2 | |
| Woolwich Arsenal (including North Woolwich) | 21242 | 21745 | 732 | 447 848 | 33.6 | 20.5 | 2.2 | 15.4 | 25.2 | 20.8 | 111 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 23.0 | |
| Total for Dockyard and Arsenal | 40848 | 41854 | 1312 | 31.3 | 20.2 | 2.9 | 16.0 | 24.7 | 21.3 | 14.7 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 20.7 | ||
| Deducting 20 Deaths of Non-Residents makes the net Death-rate 19.7. | |||||||||||||||