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Woolwich 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE I.
Borough of Woolwich.
Vital Statistics of the whole District during 1908 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. | Net Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1000 Births Registd. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1898 | 110273 | 3269 | 29.6 | 472 | 144 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1935 | 17.5 |
| 1899 | 113148 | 3867 | 29.8 | 534 | 158 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1889 | 16.6 |
| 1900 | 115498 | 3303 | 28.6 | 469 | 142 | .. | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2057 | 17.8 |
| 1901 | 117740 | 3535 | 30.0 | 455 | 128 | 1600 | 13.6 | 433 | 42 | 164 | 1722 | 14.6 |
| 1902 | 122505 | 3730 | 29.9 | 462 | 124 | 1678 | 13.7 | 278 | 43 | 208 | 1843 | 14.7 |
| 1903 | 123172 | 3691 | 30.0 | 390 | 106 | 1511 | 12.3 | 272 | 41 | 175 | 1637 | 13.3 |
| 1904 | 125791 | 3531 | 28.1 | 466 | 132 | 1636 | 13.0 | 261 | 40 | 169 | 1765 | 14.0 |
| 1905 | 125885 | 3549 | 28.2 | 364 | 103 | 1463 | ... | 313 | 50 | 192 | 1605 | 12.7 |
| 1906 | 127345 | 3524 | 27.7 | 391 | 111 | 1530 | ... | 293 | 48 | 183 | 1666 | 13.1 |
| 1907 | 3295 | 25.4 | 367 | 111 | 1479 | ... | 296 | 50 | 184 | 1613 | 12.5 | |
| Average for years 1898 to 1907 | 121069 | 3479 | 28.7 | 437 | 126 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1773 | 14.7 |
| 1908 | 127648 | 3082 | 24.1 | 292 | 95 | 1374 | ... | 333 | 60 | 170 | 1487 | 11.6 |
* 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 infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses
and lunatic asylums.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water) 8239.7 Total Population at all Ages117,178
Number of Inhabited Houses 18,086
Average Number of Persons per House 6.47 At Census of 1901.