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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Births.
4. The number of births was 3,531, and the birth rate 28.1
compared with 30.0, 29.9, and 30.0 in the three previous years,
and 30.9 the average of the ten years 1892—1901. The rate
for the County of London was 28.0.
5. The following table gives the birth rate of each parish
and ward during the past four years, and for purposes of comparison
the corresponding rates of neighbouring Boroughs,
London and England. It will be seen that Erith, West Ham,
and East Ham have all had a great reduction in birth rate than Woolwich.
The table also shows that the chief reduction in birth rate has occurred in Plumstead parish, and St. Mary's, South River, Herbert, and St. Margaret's Wards.
| 1901. | Birth rate. | 1904. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902. | 1903. | |||
| Woolwich Paeish | 28.5 | 28.8 | 29.1 | 28.2 |
| Wards. | ||||
| Dockyard | 32.3 | 32.2 | 31.5 | 32.8 |
| St. Mary's | 19.9 | 21.2 | 21.3 | 18.8 |
| River | 28.7 | N. 39.1 | 40.6 | 38.8 |
| S. 25.6 | 24.2 | 21.7 | ||
| St. George's | 36.0 | 34.4 | 37.5 | 39.7 |
| Plumstead Parish | 31.5 | 31.5 | 31.4 | 28.5 |
| Wards. | ||||
| Burrage | 25.7 | 22.7 | 23.9 | 22.5 |
| Herbert | 26.1 | 26.4 | 27.0 | 22.2 |
| St. Margaret's | 31.6 | 37.2 | 33.7 | 31.4 |
| Central | 29.3 | 32.6 | 26.9 | 26.1 |
| Glyndon | 32.4 | 28.5 | 31.7 | 30.3 |
| St. Nicholas | 36.4 | 29.8 | 31.8 | 32.6 |
| Eltham | 22.3 | 23.8 | 24.1 | 24.9 |
| Greenwich Borough | 29.0 | 28.1 | 27.3 | 27.7 |
| Lewisham Borough | 25.8 | 25.7 | 26.2 | 25.6 |
| West Ham | 35.0 | 34.1 | 33.6 | 32.2 |
| East Ham | 36.4 | 36.4 | 34.4 | 31.7 |
| Erith | 30.9 | 37.3 | 38.9 | 33.2 |
| London | 29.0 | 28.5 | 28.4 | 28.0 |
| England & Wales | - | 28.6 | 28.4 | 27.9 |
| 30.0 | 29.9 | 30.0 | 28.1 | |