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Woolwich 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: The following table shows the net death-rate yearly, since the appointment of a Medical Officer of Health for the parish on the 29th October, 1889 :—

The following table shows the net death-rate yearly, since the appointment of a Medical Officer of Health for the parish on the 29th October, 1889 :—

189020.5
189121.6
189219.5
189319.7
189418.2
189517.4
189620.4
189717.3
189820.1
189921.0
190021.8

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The death-rate for 1900 is thus seen to be higher than that
of the preceding years, being the highest known since 1890.
I have appended Tables Nos. VIII. and IX., which show the
position taken by Woolwich in this respect as compared with
other large towns and with the various Metropolitan Sanitary
Districts.

Table: infants under one year of age. The infantile mortality is therefore 171 per thousand births :—

infants under one year of age. The infantile mortality is therefore 171 per thousand births :—

Total Deaths.Deaths under one year.Deaths between the age of one and five years.
1890838215141
1891885222117
189280619895
1893828210105
1894755177113
189574820982
1896860224163
189772021087
1898870220142
1899902211101
1900937203114