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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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The following table gives the Birth-rate for the Borough,
and each registration district, for the three past quinquennia,
and last five 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, there has been a great and progressive
decrease in each parish, but greatest in East Plumstead. In
Eltham, after a decrease in the second quinquennium, there
was a marked increase in the third, but the rate has now
fallen below the level of 1896-1900.
East Plumstead and Eltham had the lowest birth-rate of the four registration districts.
| Average of 1891-1895. | Average of 1896-1900. | Average of 1901-1006. | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1010 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolwich Borough | 32.5 | 30.2 | 29.2 | 27.7 | 25 5 | 24.1 | 22.9 | 22.1 | |
| Woolwich Parish | 31.1 | 30.1 | 29.0 | 29.2 | 29.1 | 26'4 | 26 0 | 25.1 | |
| Plumstead | West | 333 | 31'0 | 30.1 | 27.8 | 24.1 | 23.7 | W 21.8 | 21.5 |
| East | E 22.1 | 20.6 | |||||||
| Eltham Parish | 22.8 | 20.6 | 24..0 | 22.0 | 22.4 | 200 | 19.6 | 19.4 | |
8. Illegitimate Births. 53 of the births registered were
illegitimate, giving a rate of 19 per 1,000 births, compared
with 17, 22, 24, 20, and 24, in the five preceding years.
The illegitimate birth-rate in England and Wales was 41.0
in 1909.
Marriages.
9. There were 912 marriages. The marriage rate was
14.2, compared with 16.4, 14 6, 13.7, and 13.2, in the four
preceding years. The great fall in the marriage rate, which