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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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| Locality. | Estimated Population to middle of 1899. | Births. | Deaths. | Birth-rate per 1000 living, from all causes. | Death-rate per 1000 living from all causes. | Death-rate per 1000 * living, from Zymotic Diseases. | Death-rate per 1000 living, from Phthisis. | Percentage of Deaths under 1 year to Births Registered. | Percentage of Deaths to Total Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year of age. | At 60 years of age and upwards. | From Zymotic Diseases. * | From Phthisis. | From Violence. | Coroner's Inquests. | At Public Institutions. | |||||||||
| London | 4546752 | 133120 | 89,689 | 29-4 | 19.8 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 16.6 | 24.8 | 25.9 | 14.5 | 9.5 | 4.2 | 9.2 | 29.9 |
| Woolwich Dockyard | 19,153 | 531 | 384 | 277 | 20.0 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 16.6 | 22.8 | 26-0 | 18.2 | 11.2 | 2.6 | 7.3 | 25.3 |
| Woolwich Arsenal (including North Woolwich) | 22,389 | 729 | 518 | 32.6 | 23.1 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 16.9 | 23.7 | 21.6 | 13.9 | 11.0 | 5.4 | 11.2 | 27.6 |
| Totals for Dockyard and Arsenal | 41,542 | 1260 | 902 | 3.3 | 21.7 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 167 | 23'4 | 23-5 | 15.8 | 11.1 | 4.2 | 9'5 | 26.6 |
Deducting 31 deaths of non-residents makes the net death-rate 21 *o.
* Including Influenza.