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Woolwich 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE I.Borough of Woolwich.Vital Statistics of whole District during 1906 and previous Years.

TABLE I.

Borough of Woolwich.

Vital Statistics of whole District during 1906 and previous Years.

Year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.Deaths of Non-Residents registered in Public Institutions in the District.Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District.Nett Deaths at all ages belonging to the District.
Number.Rate.*Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
Number.Rate per 1,000 Births Registd.Number.Rate*Number.Rate.*
12345678910111213
1896106840336331·5508151...............187817·5
1897108611340631·3455133...............164215·1
1898110273326929·6472144...............193517·5
1899113148336729·8534158...............188916·6
1900115498330328·6469142...............205717·8
1901117740353530·0455128160013·643342164172214·6
1902122505373029·9462121167813·727843208184314·7
1903123172369130·0390106151112·327241175163713·3
1904125791353128·1466132163613·026140169176514·0
1905125885354928·2364103146331350192160512·7
Average for years 1896 to 1905116946347429·7457132...............179715·4
1906127345352427·73911111530293481831666131

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* Rates in Colums 4, 8 and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths included in Column 7 of this Table are the whole of those registered during the
year as having actually occurred within the district or division. The deaths to be included in Column 12
are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the addition of
the number in Column II.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or
infirmity and dying in public institutions there; and by the term "Residents" is meant persons who have
been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
The "Public Institutions" taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those into which
persons are habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses and
lunatic asylums.
Area of District in Total Population at all ages 117,178
acres (exclusive Number of inhabited houses 18,086 At Census of
of area covered Average number of persons per 1901.
by water) 8239·7 house 6·47