London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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| Locality. | Estimated Population to middle of 1895. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Birth-rate per 1000 living. | Annual Death-rate per 1000 living, from all causes. | Annual Death-rate per 1000 living, from Zymotic Diseases. | Per centage of Deaths under 1 year to Births Registered. | Per centage of Deaths to Total Deaths. | Remarks. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year of age. | At 60 years of age and upwards. | From Zymotic Diseases. | From Violence. | Coroner's Inquests. | At Public Institutions. | |||||||||
| London | 4392346 | 133715 | 86937 | 30.5 | 19.8 | 2.6 | 16.5 | 25.3 | 24.8 | 13.2 | 3.9 | 8.6 | 26.8 | |
| Woolwich Dockyard | 20492 | 570 | 340 | 27.8 | 16.59 | 2.0 | 16.1 | 27.1 | 22.6 | 12.06 | 2.64 | 6.17 | 24.41 | |
| Woolwich Arsenal (including North Woolwich) | 22276 | 753 | 431 | 33.8 | 19.3 | 1.97 | 15.5 | 27.06 | 26.68 | 10.2 | 5.33 | 8.81 | 22.50 | |
| Total for Dockyard and Arsenal | 42768 | 1323 | 771 | 30.9 | 18.02 | 1.98 | 15.89 | 27.1 | 24.9 | 11.02 | 41.5 | 7.63 | 23.47 | |
Deducting 23 Deaths of Non-Residents makes the net Death-rate 17.48.