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stead, Paddington and Wandsworth. The death rate of East
Ham was 13 3, West Ham 18.1, Erith 13.7.

The date rate of Woolwich Parish is the lowest recorded
since a Medical Officer was appointed.
14. The lowness of the birth rate and death rate in St.
Mary's Ward is probably due chiefly to the number of young
single males constituting the military population inhabiting
the barracks in this ward. St. George's Ward also contains a
large military population, but this consists largely of the
families of married soldiers.
15. The high death rate in the River Ward is no doubt
closely connected with the bad sanitary condition of many of
the houses in this Ward, and the large number of common
lodging houses containing a class whose poverty and habits of
life make them prone to disease.
In close connection with both these conditions, both causing
them and produced by them must be considered the prevalence
of intemperance, associated with a superabundance of public
houses, a large number of deaths from violence, and an excess
of tuberculosis. The presence of a not inconsiderable population
of well-to-do tradespeople and their employees, and some
military barracks no doubt prevents the death rate reaching a
much higher figure.