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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH, PLUMSTEAD.
1898.
To the Chairman and Members of the Vestry.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present you with my Eighth Annual
Report on the health of Plumstead.
A.—Vital Statistics.
1. Population.—On the assumption that the population has
continued to increase since the 1896 Census at the same rate
as it was found to have increased between the Censuses of
1891 and 1896, it was, on the 30th June last, 62,603. The
number of inhabited houses on the same date was 10,298,
namely 3,256 in West Plumstead, and 7,042 in East Plumstead.
This gives 6.08 persons to a house, compared with 615 last
year. (West and East here refer to the districts of the West
and East Rate Collectors, not, as usual, to the districts of the
Registrars of Births and Deaths; West comprises the N.W.,
W., and S.W. Wards). Probably the population is underestimated
by at least 700.
2. Births.—The birth-rate was only 30.2, 1.8 per 1,000
lower than in 1895; which had the lowest birth-rate then on
record. In 1889 the rate was 38.4; since then it has steadily
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