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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Table I.
Name op District.—Eltham.
| Year. 1 | Population estimated to middle of each year. 2 | Births. | Deaths under One Year, of Age. | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | Deaths in Public Institutions. 9 | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in District. 10 | Deaths of residents registered beyond District. 11 | Deaths at all Ages. Nett. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. 3 | Rate* 4 | Number, 5 | Rate per 1000 Births registered. 6 | Number. 7 | Rate* 8 | Number. 12 | Rate* 13 | |||||
| 1891 | 5682 | 142 | 24.9 | 9 | 63.3 | 58 | 10.2 | 10 | .. | .. | 68 | 11.9 |
| 1892 | 5736 | 126 | 21.9 | 16 | 126.9 | 66 | 11.5 | 11 | .. | .. | 77 | 13.4 |
| 1893 | 5840 | 135 | 23.1 | — | 81 | 13.8 | 12 | . . | .. | 81 | 13.8 | |
| 1894 | 5890 | 129 | 21.9 | 14 | 108.5 | 62 | 10.5 | 14 | 1 | .. | 75 | 12.7 |
| 1895 | 5938 | 132 | 22.2 | 17 | 128.7 | 64 | 10.7 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 79 | 13.3 |
| 1896 | 5911 | 130 | 21.9 | 23 | 176.9 | 75 | 12.6 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 87 | 14.7 |
| 1897 | 6091 | 125 | 29.5 | 15 | 120 | 76 | 12.4 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 87 | 14.2 |
| 1898 | 6192 | 120 | 19.3 | 18 | 150 | 71 | 11.4 | 17 | 4 | .. | 84 | 13.5 |
| 1899 | 6351 | 136 | 21.4 | 27 | 198.5 | 93 | 14.6 | 14 | 5 | .. | 102 | 16.05 |
| Averages for years 1891-1899. | 5959 | 130 | 21.9 | 17 | 119.2 | 71 | 11.8 | 13 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 82.2 | 13.7 |
| 1900 | +6340 | 134 | 21.1 | 21 | 134.3 | 79 | 12.4 | 19 | 6 | 92 | 14.5 | |
104
*Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated Population.
Note.—The deaths to be included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered during the year as having
actually occurred within the district or division. The deaths to be included in Column 12 are the number in Column
7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of illness, and dying there ;
and by the term "Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of illness, and have
died elsewhere.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of Total Population at all ages 5,682
Number of inhabited houses 1,025 A Census of 1891.
area covered by water), 3782. Ayerage number of persons per house 5.5
† This is estimated Population. Impossible to get an idea of real Population till Census.