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Plumstead 1896
Third annual report 1896-7
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tion (1/16 of Plumstead) of the district as 3487; but Mr. Ranee
inspecting 536 of the houses during 1895, found they contained
3532 which gives 66 to a house.
At this rate the population would be 3631, which number
is the basis of the following statistics.
Death Statistics.
| Reidhaven Road District | Plumstead. | Reidhaven Road Dist. | Plumstead | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894 | 1895 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | ||
| Total Births—estimated | 123 | 119 | 1910 | 1866 | 124 | 1950 |
| Total Deaths | 72 | 84 | 736 | 930 | 61 | 931 |
| Deaths under 1 year | 15 | 42 | 180 | 250 | 26 | 261 |
| „ 1.5 years | 17 | 18 | 127 | 143 | 14 | 176 |
| Death rate | 19 8 | 23.1 | 124 | 15.9 | 16.8 | 15.6 |
| Deaths under 1 year, per 1000 | 4.1 | 11.5 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 7.1 | 4.3 |
| population | ||||||
| ,, „ per 1000 births | 130 | 350 | 94 | 134 | 209 | 133 |
| estimated | ||||||
| ,, ,, per cent. of total | 21 | 50 | 24 | 27 | 42 | 28 |
| deaths | ||||||
| Diphtheria deaths | 1 | 3 | 40 | 31 | 5 | 60 |
| ,, notifications | 5 | 11 | 118 | 148 | 15 | 198 |
| Diarrhoea deaths | 5 | 12 | 10 | 48 | 8 | 30 |
| Phthisis „ | 8 | 5 | 70 | 96 | 3 | 81 |
| Enteric Fever „ | 2 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 4 |
| ,, notifications | 13 | 2 | 26 | 214 | 3 | 29 |
These figures show that the general death rate in this district