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Woolwich 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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The above figures are those which have been used throughout
the Report for calculating the various rates in the Borough
and in the different parishes.
During the preceding four years the population of the Borough was estimated by the Registrar-General as follows:
| Year. | For the death-rate. | For the birth-rate. |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 130,313 | 141,783 |
| 1917 | 131,942 | 147,078 |
| 1918 | 134,453 | 150,650 |
| 1919 | 136,237 | 141,918 |
| 1920 | 141,666 | 147,827 |
SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF DISTRICT.
2. The following tables, compiled from the Census returns
for 1911, and the National Register, shew the occupations
of the inhabitants of the Borough and the number of persons
between the ages of 15 and 65 years, employed in each
occupation. I am indebted to the Clerk to the Local Registration
Authority for his courtesy in furnishing the table
from the National Register, 1915.
TABLE No. 1.
Occupations of Males and Females between 15 and 65 years. (National Register, 1915).
| Males. | Females | |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 342 | 41 |
| Fishing | — | — |
| Coal Miners | — | — |
| Other Miners | 1 | — |
| Quarrying | — | — |
| Food manufacture and drink | 304 | 151 |
| Tobacco manufacture | — | 4 |
| Brewers, Maltsters. Distillers | 39 | — |
| Explosive substances, explosive articles manufacture | 1945 | 242 |
| Salt, alkali, and chemical manufacture | 45 | — |
| India rubber, gutta percha workers | 156 | 98 |