Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The eighth annual report of the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the District of Woolwich for the year 1896
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District. | Estimated Population to middle of 1896. | Births. | Deaths. | The Deaths Registered include. | Remarks. | |||||||||||||
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Deaths of | Deaths from | |||||||||||||||||
Infants under I year of age. | Persons aged 60 years and upwards. | Small Pox. | Diphtheria. | Typhus. | Scarlatina. | Typhoid. | Measles. | Diarrhoea. | Whooping Cough. | Continued Fever. | Violence. | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institution | |||||
London | 4421955 | 135796 | 83511 | 21853 | 18370 | 9 | 2683 | 6 | 942 | 568 | 3696 | 3223 | 2937 | 13 | 3439 | 7568 | 23126 | |
Woolwich Dockyard | '9343 | 547 | 392 | 100 | 78 | .. | 18 | .. | 4 | .. | 40 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 29 | 79 | |
Woolwich Arsenal | 21995 | 736 | 487 | 124 | 96 | .. | 13 | .. | 5 | 2 | 32 | 22 | 17 | •• | 24 | 43 | 113 | |
Total for Dockyard and Arsenal | 4'338 | 1283 | 879 | 174 | 174 | •• | 31 | .. | 9 | 2 | 72 | 35 | 21 | 1 | 38 | 72 | 192 |