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Woolwich 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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1901-5.1906.1907.1908.1909.
Greenwich137119100120114
West Ham158149131128123
East Ham13112710810495
Erith11285888078
London138132115113107
Seventy-six Great Towns146127128
England and Wales135133118121109
Woolwich Borough1191111139582

18 The following table gives the infantile mortality during 1906-7-8-9, and the four preceding quinquennia in the Borough, and each Parish:—

1886-18901891-18951896-19001901-19051906190719081909
Woolwich Parish15115717013413911411191
Plumstead1211201321139710888W. 82
E. 75
Eltham..16316097941407568
WoolwichBorough..1401461191111139582
*1888, 1889, and 1890

All three Parishes had the lowest rate yet recorded, Eltham
being the lowest of all
19 Table IVb gives full details as to the ages at death,
and causes of death, of the 240 infants dying in 1909 under
one year It shows that 36 per cent. of those who died were
under one month old, and 23 per cent. under one week old
41 deaths were from premature birth, compared with 65, 75,
61, and 72 in the four preding years, and of the remainder,
43 (27 in 1908) were attributed to Atrophy, Debility and