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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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West Plumstead and Eltham had the lowest birth-rate of the four registration districts, the rates being the lowest recorded for these parishes.
| 1891-1695. | 1896-1900. | 1901-1905. | 1906-1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolwich Borough | 32.5 | 30.2 | 29.2 | 25.3 | 23.2 | 22.3 | 22.5 |
| Woolwich Parish | 31.1 | 30.1 | 29.0 | 27.9 | 27.1 | 24.8 | 26.6 |
| Plumstead— | |||||||
| West | 33.3 | 31.0 | 30.1 | 24.7 | 20.6 | 21.9 | 19.7 |
| East | 23.4 | 21.3 | 23.7 | ||||
| Eltham Parish | 22.8 | 20.6 | 24.0 | 21.6 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 16.5 |
8. Illegitimate Births. 65 of the births registered were
illegitimate, giving a rate of 23 per 1,000 births, compared
with 20, 24, 19, 13, and 17, in the five preceding years.
The illegitimate birth-rate in London was 38 in 1912.
MARRIAGES.
9. There were 1,051 marriages. The marriage-rate was
16.4, compared with 15.0, 16.4, and 16.0 in the three
preceding years. In 1912 the marriage-rate in London
was 18.6.
DEATHS.
10. Table I. gives the gross and net deaths and deathrates
in 1913, and each of the past ten years, and shows how
the net deaths are arrived at.
The net death-rates (which are the only ones referred to
unless otherwise specified) are obtained by distribution of
deaths in public institutions, deaths upon which inquests were
held, and certain other deaths, to their proper locality,
according as they occur outside or inside the Borough. But