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Woolwich 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE I.

B orough of W oolwich.

Vital Statistics of the whole District (hiring 1907 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
1897108611340631.3455133...............164215.1
1898110273326929.6472144...............193517.5
1899113148336729.8534158...............188916.6
1900115498330328.6469142...............205717.8
1901117740353530.0455128160013.643342164172214.6
1902122505373029.9462124167813.727843208184314.7
1903123172369130.0390106151112.327241175163713.3
1904125791353128.1466132163613.026140169176514.0
1905125885354928.23641031463...31350192160512.7
1906127345352427.73911111530...29348183166613.1
Average for years 1897 to 1906J-118996 J348929*3445128177614*9
1907129336329525-4367111147929650184161312*5

93—94
* Rates in Columns 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 11.
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 intimity, such as hospitals, workhouses and
lunatic asylums.
Area of District in "j
acres (exclusive | _
of area covered j
by water) j
Total Population at all Ages ... 117,1781
Number of Inhabited Houses ... 18,080 | At Census
Average Number of Persons per | of 1901.
House . ... ... 6*47 J