Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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:—
1890 | 20.5 |
1891 | 2 I.6 |
1892 | 19.5 |
1893 | 19.7 |
1894 | I8.2 |
1895 | 17.4 |
1896 | 20.4 |
1897 | 17.3 |
1898 | 20.1 |
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. | |
---|---|---|---|
1890 | 838 | 215 | 141 |
1891 | 885 | 222 | 117 |
1892 | 806 | 198 | 95 |
1893 | 828 | 210 | 105 |
1894 | 755 | 177 | 113 |
1895 | 748 | 209 | 82 |
1896 | 860 | 224 | 163 |
1897 | 720 | 210 | 87 |
1898 | 870 | 220 | 142 |