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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 1898

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, 1898

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It is for this class that there is urgent need of the application
of Part III. of the "Housing of the Working Classes Act."
80. Reidhaven Road District.—The following table gives
the statistics of Reidhaven Eoad District compared with Plumstead
as a whole. It will be seen that the Birth-rate was much
lower than in 1897. The Death-rate compares more favourably
with Plumstead than was the case last year, and this is more
especially the case with the Infantile Death-rate, or deaths
under 1 year per 1000 births.

Table: Both rates are still, however, much higher than in the rest of Plumstead.

Both rates are still, however, much higher than in the rest of Plumstead.

PopulationReidhaven Road Dist.Plumstead
373362603
1894189518961897189818941895189618971898
Total Births......16914319101866195019751896
Birth Kate......45.238.333.632.032.732.330.2
Total Deaths72846179747369309318351016
Death Bate19.823.116.221119.812.415.915.613.616.2
Deaths under 1 year1542263125180250261230296
„ per 1000 births.......18317494134133116156
„ 1.5 years171814131412714317699156
Diphtheria deaths135204031602415
notifications5111564118148198132110
Enteric Fever deaths2......1630432
„ notifications13232326214292528
Diarrhœa deaths5128131510483081105
Phthisis „......1277096819688

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81. The deaths from Diarrhœa, are again more than