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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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Lewisham and Woolwich in 1904. As the total populations and total deaths of Lewisham and Woolwich are nearly alike, these two Boroughs can be roughly compared :—
| Age Period-Years | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parish | Under 5 | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | 85- | ||
| Lewisham | 584 | 28 | 13 | 47 | 36 | 71 | 117 | 135 | 151 | 226 | 213 | 70 | ||
| Woolwich | 658 | 53 | 25 | 26 | 44 | 108 | 143 | 159 | 183 | 184 | 170 | 26 | ||
17. Lives saved.—Last year I estimated that 302 lives were
saved in 1904 owing to the reduction of the death rate from 16.4
(the average death rate of the previous ten years) to 14.0. The
average death rate in the year 1895/1904 was 15.8. Such a rate