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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE XII.
Summary of Statistics for the Third Quarter, ended '26th September, 1909, corrected for Public
Institutions:—
A. Birth and Death Statistics for the Borough of Woolwich. Rates calculated per 1,000 Population.
| Population estimated to middle of Year. | Births. | Deaths under one year. | Deaths at all ages—Gross. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Non-Residents in District. | Deaths of Residents Registered beyond District. | Deaths at all ages corrected for Public Institutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births Registered. | Number. | ||||||
| Number. | Rate. | |||||||||
| 127,993 | 709 | 45 | 64 | 270 | 69 | 31 | 289 | 9.03 | ||
B. Birth and Death Rates for each Parish.
| Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population estimated to middle of year. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year, per 1000 births. | Population estimated to middle of year. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year, per 1000 Births. | Population estimated to middle of year. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year, per 1000 Births. |
| A | B | c | D | A | B | C | D | A | B | c | D |
| 38,991 | 24.7 | 11.1 | 83 | West 40,907 | 20.6 | 10.6 | 76 | 13,595 | 19.7 | 8.5 | 45 |
| East 34,500 | 22.0 | 5.1 | 32 | ||||||||