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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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every child at once on notification, and the Lady Health Visitor
visits in the course of the next week or two those mothers who
are considered to most need instruction.
6. The following table gives the average birth-rate of the
Borough during the years 1901-5, 1906, 1907, 1908, and 1909,
and for purposes of comparison the corresponding rates of the
neighbouring Boroughs, London, and England. The decrease
in the Borough has been much greater than in London.
Birth-rate.
| Average 1901-5 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich Borough | 27.6 | 25.4 | 24.2 | 23.5 | 22.5 |
| Lewisham | 25.7 | 23.3 | 23.8 | 23.0 | 21.9 |
| West Ham | 33.1 | 30.5 | 28.6 | 29.4 | 28.0 |
| East Ham | 33.8 | 28.1 | 26.3 | 24.7 | 23.5 |
| Erith | 34.1 | 30.0 | 29.9 | 25.9 | 23.4 |
| London | 28.2 | 26.6 | 25.8 | 25.2 | 24.3 |
| England and Wales | 28.2 | 27.0 | 26.3 | 26.5 | 25.6 |
7. By a recent readjustment of the Registrars' districts,
Plumstead is now divided into two districts of nearly equal
population, and it becomes possible to give birth and death rates
for each of these. East Plumstead consists of Central and
St. Nicholas's Wards, and West Plumstead of the remainder of
the parish.
The following table gives the Birth-rate for the Borough, and
each parish, for the three past quinquennia, and last four years.
Correction has been made for births in the Infirmary, Female
Hospital, the Wood Street "Home for Mothers and Babies,"
and outlying institutions, and the births distributed to the
parishes to which they properly belong. Except in Eltham,
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