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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 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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| Locality. | Estimated Population to middle of 1898. | Births. | Deaths. | Birth-rate per 1000 living. | 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 | 4504766 | 132432 | 83936 | 29.4 | 18.6 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 16.7 | 26.3 | 23.9 | 15.0 | 9.5 | 4.2 | 9.0 | 29.0 |
| Woolwich Dockyard | 19310 | 522 | 382 | 27.0 | 19.7 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 20.1 | 27.5 | 21.2 | 19.4 | 11.8 | 9.7 | 5.5 | 24.6 |
| Woolwich Arsenal (including North Woolwich) | 22168 | 731 | 488 | 32.9 | 22.0 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 15.7 | 23.6 | 22.5 | 15.2 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 10.2 | 26.0 |
| Total for Dockyard and Arsenal | 41478 | 1253 | 870 | 30.2 | 20.9 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 17.5 | 25.3 | 21.9 | 17.0 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 25.4 |
Deducting 35 deaths of non-residents makes the net death-rate 20.1.