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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Summary of Statistics, 1908.
Area of Borough 8276.6 Acres
Population—Census, 1901 117,178
do Estimated to middle of 1908 127,648
Inhabited Houses—Census, 1901 18,086
Total Houses to middle of 1908 22,715
Persons to a House-Census 6.47
Marriages 875
Births 3082
Birth Rate 24.1
Deaths 1487
Death Rate 11.6
Infantile Mortality 95 per 1000 births