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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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Table: 11. Table VII., taken from the "Lancet," shows how Woolwich compares with the County and other Metropolitan Boroughs.Six Boroughs had a lower death rata, including Lewisham only in the South Eastern district.

11. Table VII., taken from the "Lancet," shows how Woolwich compares with the County and other Metropolitan Boroughs.

Six Boroughs had a lower death rata, including Lewisham only in the South Eastern district.

Nett.Corrected.
The death rate in West Ham was16.817.9
„ East Ham „13.514.4
„ Erith „11.4
„ England & Wales was16.216.2
,, 76 large towns „17.2
,, London ,,16.617.5
,,Woolwich14.015.0

Table: The following table gives the death rate in each Parish and Ward of the Borough for each of the past four years:—

The following table gives the death rate in each Parish and Ward of the Borough for each of the past four years:—

1901.1902.1903.1904.
Woolwich Parish16.817.116.316.5
Wards.
River201N18.714.517.8
s18.717.916.9
Dockyard15.716.416.218.3
St. Mary's11.614.014.112.4
St. George's18.516.416.817.7
Plumstead Parish13.214.312.313.1
Wards.
St. Nicholas13.013.310.15.2
Central13.913.29.68.5
Glyndon14.214.514.617.2
St. Margaret's11.713.514.013.0
Herbert11.313.19.79.9
Burrage13.515.413.512.6
Eltham13.68.58.210.8