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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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Table: TABLE III.Comparative Analysis of Deaths of Infants under 1 year and Persons over 60 years of age, also of Deaths from undermentioned Diseases in London and Woolwich, during the year 1893.

TABLE III.

Comparative Analysis of Deaths of Infants under 1 year and Persons over 60 years of age, also of Deaths from undermentioned Diseases in London and Woolwich, during the year 1893.

District.Census, 1891.Estimated Population to middle of 1893Births.Deaths.The Deaths Registered include
Deaths ofDeaths from
Infants under I year of age.Persons aged 60 yrs. and upwardsSmall-pox.Diphtheria.Typhus.Scarlatina.Typhoid.Measles.Diarrhoea.Whooping CoughContinued FeverViolenceInquest Cases.Deaths in Public Institutions.Remarks.
London42110564306411132965900602184521816206326551596605166134452330193425743224085
Woolwich Dockyard1960620109580401978821..114112181172873
Woolwich Arsenal21242217457324471139315..4131212..2734103
Total for Dockyard & Arsenal4084841854131284821018136..15514332014462176