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Woolwich 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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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
18912 I.6
189219.5
189319.7
1894I8.2
189517.4
189620.4
189717.3
189820.1

The death-rate for 1898 is thus seen to be considerably higher
than that of the preceding year, but not quite as high as in 1896.
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.

The infantile mortality is, therefore, 175 per 1,000 births

Total Deaths.Deaths under one year.Deaths between the ages of one and five years.
1890838215141
1891885222117
189280619895
1893828210105
1894755177113
189574820982
1896860224163
189772021087
1898870220142