London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1896
The eighth annual report of the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the District of Woolwich for the year 1896
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| Locality. | Estimated Population to middle of 1896. | 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 i year to Births Registered. | Per centage of Deaths to Total Deaths. | Remarks. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under i year * of age. | At 60 years of age and upwards. | From Zymotic Diseases. | From Violence. | Coroner's Inquests. | At Public Institutions. | |||||||||
| London | 4421955 | 135796 | 83511 | 30 2 | 18.5 | 3.2 | 16.0 | 26.1 | 21.9 | 16.8 | 4.I | 9.0 | 27.6 | |
| Woolwich Dockyard | '9343 | 547 | 392 | 27.8 | 19.9 | 4.2 | 18.2 | 25.5 | 19.9 | 21.4 | 3.5 | 7.4 | 20.1 | |
| Woolwich Arsenal (including North Woolwich) | 21995 | 736 | 487 | 32.9 | 21.7 | 4.5 | 165 | 25.4 | 19.7 | 20.9 | 4.9 | 8.8 | 23.2 | |
| Total for Dockyard and Arsenal | 41338 | 1283 | 879 | 30.5 | 209 | 4.4 | 17.5 | 25.5 | 19.8 | 21.1 | 4.3 | 8.2 | 21.8 | |
Deducting 19 Deaths of Non-Residents makes the net Death-rate 20 4.