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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 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Average: 1901-5.1906
Plumstead Parish11397
Wards.
St. Nicholas135107
Central10581
Glyndon107118
St. Margaret's10078
Herbert8971
Burrage94134
Eltham9794
Greenwich137119
West Ham158149
East Ham131127
Erith11285
London138132
Seventy-Six Towns—146
England and Wales135133
Borough of Woolwich119111

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19 The County of London had a lower infantile mortality in
1903 and 1905. Table VIIa shows that three Metropolitan
Boroughs only had a lower infantile mortality than Woolwich,
viz., Stoke Newington, Hampstead, and the City of London.
20. The following table gives the infantile mortality during

Table: the four past quinquennia in each parish of the Borough:—

the four past quinquennia in each parish of the Borough:—

1886-1890.1891-1895.1896-1900.1901-1905.
Woolwich Parish*151157170134
Plumstead „121120132113
Eltham „—16316097
Woolwich lioro—140146119
* 1888, 1889 and 1890.

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Comparing the years 1886-90 with 1901-5, it is seen that there
is a marked reduction in both Woolwich and Plumstead parishes,
but the reduction in Woolwich is much greater than in
Plumstead.