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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
Plumstead 1896
Third annual report 1896-7
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TABLE I.
Summary of Statistics for 1896, compared with Registration London.
| Plumstead | Londou | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Area | 3,388 acres | 77,410 acres |
| Inhabited houses (Census 1896) | 9,641 | 514,977 | |
| Number of persons to a house | 6-14 | 7.7 | |
| 2. | Population (Census 1896)— | ||
| West Plumstead | 16,714 | ||
| East Plumstead | 42,538 | ||
| Total | 59,252 | 4,421,955 | |
| Population estimated to June 30th, 1896 | 59,615 | 4,421,955 | |
| Total Deaths (corrected for Public Institu- tions) | 931 | 81,721 | |
| Total Births | 1,950 | 135,796 | |
| Natural increase of population | 1,019 | 52,285 | |
| Estimated increase „ | 1,440 | 41,025 | |
| 3. | Birth rate | 32.7 | 30.2 |
| Death rate | 15.6 | 18.2 | |
| Zymotic death rate | 3.5 | 3.1 | |
| Deaths under 1 year to 1000 births.. | 133 | 160 | |
| 4. | Uncertified deaths per cent. of total deaths | 2.9 | |
| Deaths from violence | 28 | ||
| Inquest cases | 39 | ||
| 5. | Death rate, 1894 | 12.4 | 17.8 |
| „ 1895 | 15.9 | 19.4 | |
| „ 1896 | 15.6 | 18.2 | |