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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE I.
B orough of W oolwich.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Non. Residents Registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents Registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Net Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births Regist'd. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1902 | 122505 | 3730 | 29.9 | 466 | 124 | 1678 | 13.7 | 278 | 43 | 208 | 1843 | 14.7 |
| 1903 | 123172 | 3691 | 30.0 | 399 | 106 | 1511 | 12.3 | 272 | 41 | 175 | 1637 | 13.3 |
| 1904 | 125791 | 3531 | 28.1 | 479 | 132 | 1636 | 13.0 | 261 | 40 | 169 | 1765 | 14.0 |
| 1905 | 125885 | 3549 | 28.2 | 366 | 103 | 1163 | - | 313 | 50 | 192 | 1605 | 12.7 |
| 1906 | 123644 | 3524 | 28.5 | 396 | 111 | 1530 | - | 293 | 48 | 183 | 1666 | 13.5 |
| 1907 | 123644 | 3295 | 26.5 | 372 | 111 | 1479 | - | 296 | 50 | 184 | 1613 | 13.0 |
| 1908 | 123644 | 3082 | 24.9 | 298 | 95 | 1374 | - | 333 | 60 | 170 | 1487 | 12.0 |
| 1909 | 123644 | 2937 | 23.8 | 240 | 82 | 1415 | - | 323 | 51 | 223 | 1585 | 12.8 |
| 1910 | 123644 | 2844 | 230 | 241 | 84 | 1296 | - | 314 | 42 | 156 | 1410 | 11.4 |
| 1911 | 121376 | 2814 | 23.2 | 273 | 98 | 1102 | - | 327 | 53 | 212 | 1561 | 12.8 |
| Aver, for Years 1902.11 | 123695 | 3300 | 26.6 | 353 | 105 | 1478 | - | 301 | 48 | 187 | 1617 | 13.0 |
| 1912 | 123311 | 2747 | 22.3 | 201 | 73 | 1249 | - | 297 | 42 | 196 | 1420 | 11.5 |
| * Rates in Columns 4, 8 and 13 calculated per 1,000 of Estimated Population. | ||||||||||||
Note..—The Deaths included in Column 7 of this Table are the whole of those registered during the year as
having actually occurred within the district or division. The Deaths to be included in Column 12 are the number
in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non.Residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity
and dying in Public Institutions there; and by the term "Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out
of the district on account of sickness or infirmity and have died in Public Institutions elsewhere.
The "Public Institutions" taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those into which persons
are habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses and lunatic asylums.
Area of District in
acres (exclusive of
area covered by
water)
8239.7
Total Population at all Ages 121,376
Number of Inhabited Houses 21,463
Average Number of Persons per House. 5.6
At Census
of 1911.