London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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16. The Dockyard ward contains no barracks and its
population may be taken as a normal one.
17. In Plumstead, Herbert ward has the lowest death rate
and Glyndon the highest.
The Plumstead death rate is the lowest but one since 1885.
18. Infant Mortality.—The infant mortality as measured by
the deaths under one year per 1000 births was 128. This is
the lowest rate with one exception since 1891 (see Table I).
The following table gives the rate in each parish and ward.—
| Woolwich Parish | 137 | Plumstead Parish | 122 |
| Dockyard Ward | 141 | Burrage Ward | 94 |
| Herbert | 91 | ||
| St Mary's | 123 | Glyndon ,, | 94 |
| St. Margaret's | 130 | ||
| River „ | 158 | Central | 120 |
| St. Nicholas | 143 | ||
| St. George's,, | 118 | Eltham | 141 |
19. Woolwich Parish had the lowest rate recorded.
Plumstead has had a lower infantile death rate three times
since 1890. The rate for Eltham was above the average for
the ten preceding years, viz., 120.
Table VII. shows how Woolwich compares with other
Metropolitan Boroughs as respects the infantile death rate.
Four Metropolitan Boroughs only had a lower infantile
mortality:
Hampstead 104 St. Marylebone 107
Stoke Newington 115 Holborn 124