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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
Woolwich 1899
The eleventh annual report of the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the District of Woolwich for the year 1899
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Births and
Birth-Rate.
The number of births registered during the year was
1,260.
Male. Female. Total.
Dockyard District 283 248 531
Arsenal District 376 353 729
659 601 1260
Of these 15 were recorded as illegitimate, 10 in the Dockyard
District and 5 in the Arsenal. The birth-rate, therefore, 30.3 per
thousand, that for the Dockyard being 277 per thousand, and for the
Arsenal 32.6.
For the past eight years the birth-rate has been as follows:—
1892 29.9
1893 31.3
1894 30.5
1895 30.9
1896 30.5
1897 31.5
1898 30.2
1899 30.3
Marriages.
There have been 512 marriages registered during the
year; in the first quarter 99, in the second 135, in the third 144, and
in the fourth 134.
Infectious
Disease.
During the year 373 cases of infectious disease have
)een notified as follows:—(This number not including 3 second
notifications.)