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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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T able II.
Being Table I. required by the Local Government Board. N ame of D istrict— W oolwich.
| 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 | |||||
| 1890 | 40800 | 1241 | 30.6 | 215 | 17.3 | 874 | 21.4 | 36 | 838 | 20.5 | ||
| 1891 | 40848 | 1336 | 32.7 | 917 | 22.4 | 197 | 32 | 197 | 885 | |||
| 1892 | 41348 | 1236 | 29.9 | 198 | 836 | 20.2 | 192 | 30 | 192 | 19.5 | ||
| 1893 | 41854 | 1312 | 31.3 | 848 | 20.2 | 176 | 176 | 19.7 | ||||
| 1894 | 41417 | 1265 | 30.5 | 178 | 14.3 | 769 | 18.5 | 190 | 14 | 190 | 755 | |
| 1895 | 42768 | 1323 | 30.9 | 209 | 15.8 | 771 | 23 | 748 | 17.4 | |||
| 1896 | 41338 | 1283 | 30.5 | 224 | 17.5 | 879 | 20.9 | 192 | 19 | 192 | 860 | 20.4 |
| 1897 | 41430 | 1306 | 31.5 | 748 | 177 | 177 | 720 | 17.3 | ||||
| 1898 | 41478 | 1253 | 30.2 | 17.5 | 870 | 20.9 | 35 | 835 | ||||
| 1899 | 41542 | 30.3 | 16.7 | 902 | 21.7 | 240 | 31 | 240 | 871 | |||
| Averages for years 1890—1899 | 41481 | 1283 | 30.9 | 209 | 841 | 20.2 | 194 | 27 | 194 | 814 | 19.6 | |
| 1900 | 41600 | †1175 | 203 | 17.1 | 684 | 16.4 | 253 | 30 | 253 | 907 | ||
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
area covered by water), 1,126.
Total Population at all ages
Number of Inhabited Houses
Average number of Persons per House
40,848
5,496
7.4
At Census of 1891.
*Rates calculated per 1,000 of Estimated Population.
†8 of these were Illegitimate, 5 males, and 3 females.