Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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20. Infant Mortality.—The infant mortality as measured by
the proportion of deaths under one year per 1000 births was
106. This is the lowest rate recorded in the Borough; the
lowest previously recorded was 109 in 1894.
The following table gives the rate in each parish and each ward during the past three years, and for comparison the rate in London and certain neighbouring districts:—
1901. | 1902. | 1903. | |
---|---|---|---|
Woolwich Parish | 137 | 119 | 132 |
Wards. | |||
Dockyard | 141 | 98 | 102 |
St. Mary's | 123 | 133 | 176 |
Eiver—North | 158 | 192 | 114 |
Eiver—South | 109 | 155 | |
St. George's | 118 | 127 | 129 |
Plumstead Parish | 122 | 129 | 95 |
Wards. | |||
Burrage | 94 | 123 | 72 |
Herbert | 91 | 107 | 80 |
Glyndon | 94 | 119 | 105 |
St. Margaret's | 130 | 112 | 95 |
Central | 120 | 135 | 94. |
St. Nicholas | 143 | 152 | 97 |
Eltham | 141 | 95 | 74 |
Greenwich | — | 138 | 127 |
West Ham | 172 | 149 | 148 |
East Ham | 156 | 119 | 113 |
Erith | 141 | 103 | 93 |
London | 148 | 139 | 130 |
England & Wales | — | — | 132 |
Woolwich Borough | 128 | 124 | 106 |