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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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All mothers are invited to bring their infants for weighing
and advice at the Town Hall, where an Infant Consultation
is held every Wednesday afternoon by the Lady Health
Visitor and Medical Officer of Health. (See also Health
Visitor's Report.)
6. The following table gives the birth-rate of the Borough during the years 1901-5, 1906-10, 1911, and 1912, and, for the purpose of comparison, the corresponding rates of the neighbouring Boroughs, London and England:—
| BIRTH-RATE. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901-5. | 1906-10. | 1911 | 1912. | |
| Greenwich Borough | 27.6 | 26.5 | 24.9 | 25.0 |
| Lewisham | 25.7 | 23.3 | 21.2 | 20.4 |
| West Ham | 33.1 | 31.4 | 29.9 | 29.6 |
| East Ham | 33.8 | 25.8 | 25.8 | |
| Erith | 34.1 | 25.7 | 23.6 | |
| London | 28.2 | 26.51 | 25.5 | 24.7 |
| England and Wales | 28.2 | 26.0 | 24.4 | 23.8 |
| Woolwich Borough | 29.2 | 25.3 | 23.2 | 22.3 |
7. The following table gives the birth-rate for the Borough
and each registration district for the four past Quinquennia,
and last two 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.
East Plumstead and Eltham had the lowest birth-rate of
the four registration districts.