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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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96
Population 960
Houses 187
Persons to a House 5.1
Rooms 807
Persons to a Room 1.2
Total Births—97-99 108
Average 36
Average Deaths 23
Average under 1 year 7.6
Birth Rate 37.5
Death Rate 23.9
Deaths under 1 year per
1000 Births 211
Notifications, Diphtheria 6
[Thrice as much as Plumstead).
Death Rate for Phthisis 31
TABLE B.
Summary of Vital Statistics for Princes Road Area compared with Reidhaven Road Area and Plumstead.
| Average for the years '97, '98, '99. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Reidhaven Road Area. | Princes Road Area. | Plumstead | |
| Birth Rate per 1000 population | 38.5 | 37.5 | 30.9 |
| Death Rate | 18.5 | 23.9 | 14.6 |
| Deaths under 1 year per 1000 births | 169 | 211 | 132 |
| Diarrhoea Death Rate per 1000 population | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
| Phthisis ,, ,, ,, | 2.1 | 3.1 | 1.4 |
| Alcoholism per cent of deaths | 5.5 | 35 | |
| Persons to a house | 6.5 | 5.1 | 6.33 |