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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 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: table shows the nett and corrected death-rates of Woolwich, compared with London and the adjoining Boroughs :—

table shows the nett and corrected death-rates of Woolwich, compared with London and the adjoining Boroughs :—

Nett.Corrected.
England and Wales15.015.0
7 6 Large Towns15.416.34
London14.615.35
Greenwich12.713.01
Lewisham11.511.96
West Ham14.615.65
East Ham11.211.92
Woolwich12.513.4

Table: 13. The following table gives the average death-rate in each Parish and Ward of the Borough during the five years 1901-5, and the rates for 1906 and 1907.

13. The following table gives the average death-rate in each Parish and Ward of the Borough during the five years 1901-5, and the rates for 1906 and 1907.

1901-5.1906.1907.
Woolwich Parish16.515.514.6
River Ward17.8 18.115.3 18.814.3 17.7
Dockyard „16.516.815.6
St. Mary's ,,12.510.011.5
St. George's „ ...16.812.813.2
Plumstead Parish12.912.211.9
St. Nicholas Ward12.812.712.9
Central ,,11.010.19.9
Glyndon ,,15.115.113.8
St. Margaret's ,,12.911.212.1
Herbert ,,10.910.610.9
Burrage ,,13.414.411.2
Eltham Parish10.210.210.0

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The Parish of Woolwich has never had so low a death-rate as
last year. Plumstead had a lower rate in 1905, and Eltham in
1902, 1903, and 1905. Central, Herbert, and Eltham wards had
the lowest death-rates. River South had the highest. The
improvement in North River Ward is noteworthy.
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