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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Births.
5. The number of births was 3,549, and the birth rate 28'2
compared with 28'1 in the previous year, and with 30'0 the
average for the ten years 1895—1904. The rate for the County
of London was 27'0.
The decrease in the Borough has been practically the same as that in London. The increased birth rate of the Dockyard Ward and the decrease in the Central are striking.
Birth rate | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | |
Woolwich Parish Wards. | 28.5 | 28.8 | 29.1 | 28.2 | 30.3 |
Dockyard | 32.3 | 32.2 | 31.5 | 32.8 | 37.4 |
St. Mary's | 19.9 | 21.2 | 21.3 | 18.8 | 17.8 |
River | 28.7 N S | 39.1 | 406 | 38.8 | 35.3 |
25.6 | 24.2 | 21.7 | 21.6 | ||
St. George's | 36.0 | 34.4 | 37.5 | 39.7 | 36.8 |
Plumstead Parish Wards. | 31.5 | 31.5 | 31.4 | 28.5 | 27.5 |
Burrage. | 25.7 | 22.7 | 23.9 | 22.5 | 22.3 |
Herbert | 26.1 | 26.4 | 27.0 | 22.2 | 24.8 |
St. Margaret's | 31.6 | 37.2 | 33.7 | 31.4 | 34.3 |
Central | 29.3 | 32.6 | 26.9 | 26.1 | 22.8 |
Glyndon | 32.4 | 28.5 | 31.7 | 30.3 | 30.2 |
St. Nicholas | 36.4 | 29.8 | 31.8 | 32.6 | 31.7 |
Eltham | 22.3 | 23.8 | 24.1 | 24.9 | 25.1 |
Greenwich Borough | 29.0 | 28.1 | 27.3 | 27.7 | 25.9 |
Lewisham Borough | 25.8 | 25.7 | 26.2 | 25.6 | 25.2 |
West Ham | 35.0 | 34.1 | 33.6 | 32.2 | 30.5 |
East Ham | 36.4 | 36.4 | 34.4 | 31.7 | 29.9 |
Erith | 30.9 | 37.3 | 38.9 | 33.2 | 30.3 |
London | 29.0 | 28.5 | 28.4 | 28.0 | 27.1 |
England and Wales | - | 28.6 | 28.4 | 27.9 | 27.9 |