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Woolwich 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Death Rate. The corrected death rate is therefore 17.48 per thousand.

The following table shows the corrected 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
189418.2
189517.4

The death rate for 1895—which is the lowest on record for the
district—bears striking testimony to the success of the efforts which have
been made during the past few years to better the conditions under
which the inhabitants live.
I do not wish to attach undue weight to this fact of a low mortality
rate for the year, but the continuous steady fall may I think be fairly
taken to indicate an improved condition of things in Woolwich.
I have appended tables Nos. 9 and 10, which show comparatively the
position taken by Woolwich in this respect to other large towns, and to
the various Metropolitan Sanitary Districts.
Of the total deaths 291 were of children under 5 years, and 457 of
persons above that age, of the 291 children, 209 were of infants under
one year of age.
Here again a total improvement is to be noted over the
preceding years as illustrated by the following table, the deaths of
infants however under one year are more than in preceding years, whilst
those between one and five years are less.