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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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VITAL STATISTICS.
3. The chief vital statistics of the Borough during 1920
and during the preceding five years are shewn in the next
table.
TABLE I.
Vital Statistics of whole District during 1920 and previous years.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths. | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nett. | of Non-residents registered in the District. | of Residents not registered in the District. | Under 1 yr. Of Age. | At all Ages. | ||||||
| Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 1915 | 134,828 | 2815 | 20.9 | 1725 | 117 | 233 | 268 | 95 | 1841 | 13.7 |
| 1916 | 136,723 | 3074 | 21.7 | 1628 | 158 | 213 | 215 | 70 | 1683 | 12.3 |
| 1917 | 146,503 | 2698 | 17.1 | 1450 | 150 | 235 | 214 | 79 | 1550 | 10.6 |
| 1918 | 146,503 | 2578 | 16.5 | 1949 | 151 | 294 | 268 | 104 | 2092 | 14.3 |
| 1919 a | 136,237 141,918 | 2737 | 19.3 | 1519 | 116 | 276 | 235 | 86 | 1679 | 12.3 |
| b | ||||||||||
| 1920 a | 141,666 | 3658 | 24.7 | 1328 | 113 | 272 | 224 | 61 | 1487 | 10.5 |
| 147,827 | ||||||||||
Estimate of Registrar General.
a Population for Death Rate. b Population for Birth Rate.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water) 8239.7
Census,
1911.
Total Population, all ages 121,376
Number of Inhabited Houses 21,463
Average Number of Persons per House 5.6
BIRTHS.
4. The number of births was 3,658, and the birth-rate,
calculated on the estimate of the Registrar-General, was 24.7,
as compared with 19.3 last year. The birth-rate is the highest
since 1908.