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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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table gives the death-rate from Phthisis in each parish
during the quinquenniums 1896-1900, and in 1901-5, and
in 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, and 1910, compared with London.
The greatest reduction was in the Parish of Woolwich:—
The greatest reduction was in the Parish of Woolwich:—
| Average 1896-1900 | Average 1901-5 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | |||
| Woolwich Parish | 461 | 2.23 | 89 | 2.15 | 67 | 1.68 | 52 | 1.30 | 59 | 1.51 | 49 | 1.25 | 54 | 1.38 | ||
| Plumstead | West | 458 | 1.42 | 97 | 1.34 | 90 | 1.20 | 92 | 1.20 | 90 | 1.19 | w | 56 | 1.37 | 44 | 1.08 |
| East | E | 33 | 0.96 | 30 | 0.87 | |||||||||||
| Eltham | 44 | 1.28 | 6 | 0.63 | 7 | 0.58 | 10 | 0.78 | 7 | 0.54 | 12 | 0.91 | 5 | 0.36 | ||
| The Borough | 1926 | 1.74 | 192 | 1.56 | 164 | 1.29 | 154 | 1.19 | 156 | 1.23 | 150 | 1.17 | 133 | 1.04 | ||
| London | — | — | — | 1.57 | 6969 | 1.47 | 6654 | 1.39 | 6419 | 1.32 | — | 1.31 | — | 1.14 | ||