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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE IX.
Summary of Statistics for the 1st Quarter (13 weeks) ended 1st April, 1905, corrected for
Public Institutions.
A. Birth and Death Statistics for the Borough of Woolwich. Rates calculated per 1,000 Population.
| Births. | Deaths under one year of age. | Deaths at all ages—Gross. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Non-Residents in District. | Deaths of Residents Registered beyond District. | Deaths at all ages corrected for Public Institutions. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population estimated to middle of Year. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births Registered. | Number. | |||||
| Number. | Rate. | |||||||||
| 125,791 | 900 | 28.6 | 98 | 109 | 403 | 90 | 17 | 39 | 425 | 13.5 |
B. Birth and Death Rates for each Parish.
| Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population estimated to middle of year. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year, per 1000 Births. | Population estimated to middle of year. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year, per 1000 Births. | Population estimated to middle of year. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year, per 1000 Births. |
| A | B | C | D | A | B | C | D | A | B | C | D |
| 41,765 | 27.5 | 15.7 | 112 | 72,873 | 29.3 | 12.7 | 111 | 11,153 | 28.7 | 10.0 | 88 |