Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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The following table gives the infantile mortality in the Borough since 1901, compared with the neighbouring Boroughs, London, and England:—
1901-5. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1010. | 1911. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lewisham | 113 | 90 | 86 | 93 | 104 | ||
Greenwich | 137 | 119 | 100 | 120 | 114 | 107 | 129 |
West Ham | 158 | 149 | 131 | 128 | 123 | 141 | |
East Ham | 131 | 127 | 104 | 95 | 94 | 119 | |
Erith | 85 | 88 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 70 | |
London | 138 | 132 | 115 | 113 | 107 | 103 | |
77 Great Towns | — | 146 | 127 | 128 | 115 | 140 | |
England and Wales | 135 | 133 | 109 | 96 | 130 | ||
Woolwich Borough |
18. The following table gives the infantile mortality
during 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, and 1911, and four
preceding quinquennia in the Borough, and each registration
district:—
It is seen that in East Plumstead the rate was lower than in 1910, and in Eltham the lowest on record. Thus the excessive infant mortality was confined to Woolwich Parish, and West Plumstead.
1886-1890 | 1891-1895 | 1896-1900 | 1901-1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1010 | 1911 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Woolwich Parish | *151 | 157 | 170 | 134 | 139 | 114 | 111 | 91 | 89 | 110 |
Plumstead | 121 | 120 | 132 | 113 | 97 | 108 | 88 | W. 82 | 79 | 104 |
E. 75 | 90 | 82 | ||||||||
Eltham | .. | 163 | 160 | 97 | 94 | 140 | 75 | 68 | 70 | 64 |
.. |
1888, 1889, and 1890.