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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Net. Corrected.
East Ham 12.1
Erith 7.7
Woolwich 12.8 13.7
In 1911 Woolwich had the highest death'rrate and
Eltham Parish the lowest in the four districts. The greatest!
decrease in the past ten years has occurred in Woolwich and
Eltham Parishes.
13. The following table gives the average death-rate in each registration district of the
Borough during the past four quinquennial periods, and during 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, and 1911.
| Average 1886-1890. | Average 1891-1895. | Average 1896-1900. | Average 1901-1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolwich Borough | — | 17.2 | 16.9 | 13.9 | 13.5 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 12.8 | 11.4 | 12.8 | |
| Woolwich Parish* | 20.4 | 19.3 | 20.1 | 16.5 | 16.2 | 15.1 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 12.9 | 15.6 | |
| Plumstead | West | 16.4 | 16.0 | 15.1 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 11.4 | 3.8 | 12.0 | 13.4 |
| East | 10.6 | 10.4 | 11.4 | ||||||||
| Eltham Parish | — | 13.0 | 14.6 | 10.2 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 8.8 | 8.3 | |
| London | 20.0 | 19.8 | 18.5 | 16.1 | 15.1 | 14.6 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 12'7 | 15.0 | |
* Three years—1888, 1889 and 1890.
14. The following table gives the numbers dying at
various ages in the past nine years from all causes,
and the deaths at all ages from certain diseases not hereafter
referred to:—
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