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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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Summary of Statistics, 1919.
Area of Borough 8,276.6 Acres
Population—Census, 1911 121,376
do. estimated to middle
of 1919—for birth rate 141,918
do. do. for death rate 136,237
Persons to an acre—Census, 1911 14.7
do. do. do. 1919 17.2
Marriages 1,350
Births 2,737
Birth Rate 19.3
Deaths 1,679
Death Rate 12.3
Deaths under one year 235
Infantile Death Rate 86