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Town Hall,
Woolwich.
28th February, 1896.
To
The Chairman and Members of the Woolwich Local Board of Health.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my report upon the sanitary
condition of Woolwich during the year 1895.
Mortality There have been 771 deaths during the year, of this
number 340 occurred in the Dockyard Registration SubDistrict,
and 431 in the Arsenal Registration Sub-District.
The gross death rate for the year, estimated upon a population of
42,768, is 18.02 per thousand.
Of these deaths 181 took place in various medical institutions (Table
7) outside the district, in the appended statistical tables they have
however been allotted to their proper registration sub-districts, and
calculated as if taking place within the sanitary area of Woolwich.
Twenty-three deaths occurring within the district were of persons not
rightly belonging to Woolwich, if these be deducted from the total
deaths, the correct number of deaths occurring in Woolwich during the
twelve months ending the 31st December, 1895, will be obtained, viz.,
748.