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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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| Net. | Standard. | |
|---|---|---|
| West Ham | 16.1 | — |
| East Ham | 11.1 | — |
| Erith | 10.5 | — |
| Woolwich | 13.7 | 14.0 |
Three Metropolitan Boroughs had a lower death.rate than
Woolwich, viz. : Hampstead, Lewisham and Wandsworth.
13. The following table gives the average death.rate in
each Registration District of the Borough during the past six
Quinquennial periods.
Woolwich parish had the highest death. rate, and Eltham the lowest.
| 1886.1890. | 1891.1895. | 1896.1900. | 1901.1905. | 1906.1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | 1915. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolwich Borough | — | 17.2 | 16.9 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 11.5 | 12.3 | 13.2 | 13.7 |
| Woolwich Parish* | 20.4 | 19.3 | 20.1 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 13.2 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 15.5 |
| Plumstead— | ||||||||||
| West | 16.4 | 16.0 | 15.1 | 12.9 | 12.0 | 13.4 | 11.5 | 12.6 | 14.3 | 14.4 |
| East | 11.4 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 13.6 | |||||
| Eltham Parish | — | 130 | 14.6 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 10.1 |
| London | 20.0 | 19.8 | 18.5 | 16.1 | 14.9 | 15.0 | 13.6 | 14.2 | 14.4 | 16.1 |
* Three Years—1888, 1889 and 1890.
This table shows that the increased death.rate affected
each part of the Borough, and that there was a still greater
increase in London. In both Woolwich and London the
death.rate has increased each year since 1912.
14. The following table gives the numbers dying at various
ages in the past twelve years from all causes, and the deaths
at all ages from certain diseases not hereafter referred to :—