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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 1919

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich

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Table: TABLE I.Vital Statistics of whole District during 1919 and previous years.

TABLE I.

Vital Statistics of whole District during 1919 and previous years.

Year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Transferable Deaths.Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
Nett.of Non-residents registered in the District.of Residents not registered in the District.Under 1 Yr. of Age.At all Ages.
Number.Rate.Number.Rate per 1,000 Nett Births.Number.Rate.
1234567891011
1914128,556282422.015056124623984169013.2
1915134,828281520.9172511723326895184113.7
1916136,723307421.7162815821321570168312.3
1917146,503269817.1145015023521479155010.6
1918146,503257816.51949151294268104209214.3
1919 a b136,237 141,9181273719.3151911627623586167912.3

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*Estimate of Registrar General.
a Population for Death Rate. b Population for Birth Rate.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water) 8239.7
Total Population, all ages 121,376
Census, 1911 Number of Inhabited Houses 21,463
Average Number of Persons per House 5.6
BIRTHS.
2. The number of births was 2,737, and the birth-rate calculated
on the estimate of the Registrar General was 19'3.
A case of quadruplets falls to be recorded during the year.
Unfortunately, all the children died within a few hours. It is
estimated that quadruplets occur once in 385,000 births.
Notification of a birth within 36 hours of birth is a statutory
duty of the father of the child, and of any person in attendance
on the mother.