Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1918 page 7

Woolwich 1918

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1918

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Table: The following table gives the infantile mortality in the Borough since 1901, compared with the neighbouring Boroughs,London and England:-

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The following table gives the infantile mortality in the Borough since 1901, compared with the neighbouring Boroughs,

London and England:-

	1901 -5	1906 -10	1911 -15	1916	1917	1918
Lewisham	112	92	81	72	87	66
Greenwich	107	112	103	83	101	116
West Ham	158	126	114	98	105	114
East Ham	131	106	80	78	85	66
Erith	112	80	77	60	83	82
London	138	114	108	89	103	107
97 great towns		127	117	98	104	106
England & Wales	135	115	109	91	97	97
WOOLWICH BOROUGH	119	97	86	70	79	104

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Though the rate was lower In Woolwich than in London,
the difference was very little. The Woolwich rate was unusually
high, both absolutely and relatively to London.

Table: 17. The following table gives the infantile mortality during the past two years, and the six preceding quinquennia in the Borough and each Registration District.

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17. The following table gives the infantile mortality during the past two years, and the six preceding quinquennia in the Borough and each Registration District.

	1886 to 1810	1891 to 1895	1896 to 1900	1901 to 1905	1906 to 1910	1911 to 1915	1916	1917	1918
Woolwich Parish	151	157	170	134	109	101	84	97	125
Plumstead-West	121	120	132	113	91	75	54	70	99
East	121	120	132	113	91	81	65	84	85
Eltham	—	163	160	97	89	67	83	67	109
Woolwich Borough		140	146	119	97	86	70	79	104
x 1888, 1889 and 1890.

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Woolwich Parish and Elthem had the highest mortality, and East
Plumstead the lowest.
18. Table IV. gives full details as to the ages at death and
causes of death of the infants dying in 1918 under one year.
It shows that 41 per cent of those who died under one year were
under one month old, compared with 42 per cent in 1917, 49 per
cent in 1916, and 37 per cent in the previous ten years; 69 deaths
were from premature birth, compared with 41, 53, 55, 55, and 49,
in the five preceding years. The number of deaths under one week
in the past five years was 68, 55, 73, 57 and 73, respectively.
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Woolwich 1918

Table: The following table gives the infantile mortality in the Borough since 1901, compared with the neighbouring Boroughs,London and England:-

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Table: 17. The following table gives the infantile mortality during the past two years, and the six preceding quinquennia in the Borough and each Registration District.

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