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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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Table: The following table shows the net death-rate yearly, since the appointment of a Medical Officer of Health for the district on the 29th October, 1889:—

The following table shows the net death-rate yearly, since the appointment of a Medical Officer of Health for the district on the 29th October, 1889:—

189020.5
189121.6
189219.5
189319.7
1894l8.2
189517.4
189620.4
189717.3
189820.1
189921.0

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The death-rate for 1899 is thus seen to be somewhat higher than
that of the preceding year, being the highest since 1891.
I have appended Tables, Nos. IX. and X., which show the position
taken by Woolwich in this respect as compared with other large towns
and with the various Metropolitan Sanitary Districts.
Of the total deaths 312 were of children under 5 years, and 590 of
persons above that age; of the 312 children, 211 were infants under
one year of age. The infantile mortality is, therefore, 167 per 1,000
births:—
Total Deaths. Deaths under one year Deaths between the ages of one and five years
1890 838 215 141
1891 885 222 117
1892 806 198 95
1893 828 210 105
1894 755 177 ,i3
1895 748 209 82
1896 860 224 163
1897 720 210 87
1898 870 220 142
1899 902 211 101