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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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The table shows that the increased rate of last year was chiefy in West Plumstead and Eltham, and most of the deaths occurred in the fourth quarter of the year.
| 1891-5. | 1896-1900. | 1901.5. | 1906-10. | 1911. | 1912 | 1913. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate. | Aver. No. per year. | Rate. | Aver. No. per year. | Rate. | Aver. No. per year. | Rate. | No. | Rtae. | No. | Rtae. | No. | Rtae. | ||
| Plumstead | West | — | 1.78 | 92 | 1.42 | 97 | 1.34 | 87 | 1.20.J | W41 | 1.02 | 31 | 0.76 | 66 | 1.56 |
| East | E33 | 1.07 | 37 | 1.18 | 40 | 1.23 | |||||||||
| Eltham Parish | — | .- | 9 | 1.28 | 6 | 0.63 | 8 | 0.64 | 6 | 0.45 | 8 | 0.57 | 15 | 1.02 | |
| The Borough | — | — | 193 | 1.74 | 192 | 1.56 | 151 | 1.22 | 146 | 1.20 | 124 | 1.01 | 182 | 1.42 | |
| London | — | 1.88 | — | 1.80 | — | 1.57 | — | 1.33 | — | 1.32 | — | 1.34 | — | 1.30 | |