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Plumstead 1899

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, 1899

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TABLE I.

Summary of Statistics for 1899, compared with Registration London.

Plumstead.London.
1. Area3,388 acres77,410 acres
Inhabited Houses (June, 1899)10,628544,977
Number of Persona to a House6.087.7
2. Population (Census 1896)59,2524,421,955
Population, estimated to June 30th, 189965,2554,546,752
Total Deaths (corrected fo Public Institu tions)91689,689
Total Births1,971133,120
Natural increase of population1,05543,431
Estimated increase2,65242,182
3 Birth Rate30.229.4
Death Rate14.019.8
Zymotic Death Rate1.32.48
Deaths under 1 year, per 1000 births124167
4. Uncertified deaths, per cent. of total deaths3.50.6
Deaths from violence173,765
Inquest cases35
5. Death Rate, 189713.617.7
189816.216.3
189914.019.8