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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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 was | 16.8 | 17.9 |
„ East Ham „ | 13.5 | 14.4 |
„ Erith „ | 11.4 | |
„ England & Wales was | 16.2 | 16.2 |
,, 76 large towns „ | 17.2 | |
,, London ,, | 16.6 | 17.5 |
,,Woolwich | 14.0 | 15.0 |
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 Parish | 16.8 | 17.1 | 16.3 | 16.5 | |
Wards. | |||||
River | 201 | N | 18.7 | 14.5 | 17.8 |
s | 18.7 | 17.9 | 16.9 | ||
Dockyard | 15.7 | 16.4 | 16.2 | 18.3 | |
St. Mary's | 11.6 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 12.4 | |
St. George's | 18.5 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 17.7 | |
Plumstead Parish | 13.2 | 14.3 | 12.3 | 13.1 | |
Wards. | |||||
St. Nicholas | 13.0 | 13.3 | 10. | 15.2 | |
Central | 13.9 | 13.2 | 9.6 | 8.5 | |
Glyndon | 14.2 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 17.2 | |
St. Margaret's | 11.7 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 13.0 | |
Herbert | 11.3 | 13.1 | 9.7 | 9.9 | |
Burrage | 13.5 | 15.4 | 13.5 | 12.6 | |
Eltham | 13.6 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 10.8 |