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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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7. The following table gives the birth-rate for the Borough and each parish for the three past quinquennia. Except in Eltham the decrease has been progressive in each parish, but greater in Plumstead than in Woolwich. In Eltham, on the other hand, after a decrease in the second quinquennium, there was a marked increase in the third, due no doubt to the building of the Well Hall Estate and its occupation by a large proportion of young married people.
| Average of Years 1891 to 1895. | Average of Years 1896 to 1900. | Average of Years 1901 to 1905. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woolwich Borough | 32.5 | 30.2 | 29.2 |
| Woolwich Parish | 81.l | 30.1 | 29.0 |
| Plumstead „ | 33.3 | 31.0 | 30.1 |
| Eltham ,, | 22.8 | 20.6 | 24.0 |
8. Illegitimate Births—Sixty-one of the births registered
were illegitimate, giving a rate of 17 per 1,000 total births,
compared with 13 and 17 in the two preceding years. The
illegitimate birth-rate in England and Wales was 40 in 1904.
Marriages.
9. There were 974 marriages, compared with 910 in 1904.
The marriage rate was 15'5 compared with 14'5 in 1904 and with
17'0 in London ; 379 marriages were performed in the Registry
Office and 595 in places of worship.
Deaths.
10. Table 1 gives the gross and net deaths and death rates in
1905 and each of the past ten years, and shows how the nett
deaths are arrived at. (For explanation of nett and corrected
deathrates see Annual Report, 1904.)
11. The nett death rate was 12 7. This is the lowest rate yet
recorded for the Borough of Woolwich, the previous lowest having
been 13'3 in 1903.