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Woolwich 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: The following table gives the infantile mortality in the Borough since 1901, compared with the neighbouring Boroughs, London and England:-

The following table gives the infantile mortality in the Borough since 1901, compared with the neighbouring Boroughs, London and England:-

1901-51906-101911-1519161917
Lewisham11292817287
Gre enwich10711210383101
West Ham15812611498105
East Ham131106807885
Erith11280776083
London13811410889103
97 great towns11711798104
England & Wales1351151099197
WOOLWICH BOROUGH11997867079

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Woolwich had the lowest infantile death rate of any
Metropolitan Borough, and for the first time in recent years the
rate was lower than in Erith.

Table: 17. The following table gives the infantile mortality during the past two years, and the six preceding quinquennia in the Borough and each Registration District:-

17. The following table gives the infantile mortality during the past two years, and the six preceding quinquennia in the Borough and each Registration District:-

1886 to 18901891 to 18951896 to 19001901 to 19051906 to 19101911 to 191519161917
Woolwich Parish*1511571701341091018497
Plumstead - West)12112013211391755470
East816584
Eltham1631609789678367
Woolwich Borough14014611997867079
*1888, 1889 and 1890.

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Eltham once more had the lowest infantile mortality, and
West Plumstead the next lowest,
18. Table IV. gives full details as to the ages as death
and causes of death of the infants dying in 1917 under one year.
It shows that 42 per cent of those who died under one year were
under one month old, compared with 49 per cent in 1916, and 37
per cent in the previous ten years; 49 deaths were from premature
birth, compared with 52, 41, 53, 55 and 55, in the five preceding
years. The number of deaths under one week in the past five
years was 58, 68, 55, 73, and 57 respectively.
The number of deaths from suffooation or overlying was
5 compared with six in 1915, and nil in 1916. In the previous
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