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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 5.
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 136,237 | 12737 | 19.3 | 1519 | 116 | 276 | 235 | 86 | 1679 | 12.3 | ||
| 141,918 | |||||||||||
| 141,666 | 3658 | 24.7 | 1328 | 113 | 272 | 224 | 61 | 1487 | 10.5 | ||
| 147,827 | |||||||||||
| * 1921 | 136,307 | 3197 | 23.5 | 1365 | 90 | 319 | 197 | 62 | 1594 | 11.7 | |
| 140,389 | |||||||||||
| * 1922 | 138,254 | 2941 | 21.3 | 1354 | 98 | 347 | 184 | 62 | 1603 | 11.6 | |
| 142,350 | |||||||||||
* Estimate of Registrar General.
a Population for Death Rate. b Population for Birth Rate.
c Civil Population. d Including Military.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water) 8239.7
Census, Total Population, all ages 140,389
1921. Civilian Population, all ages 136,307
BIRTHS.
The number of births, corrected by inward and outward
transfers, was 2,941, of whom 1,474 were boys and 1,467
were girls. The birth rate, calculated on the total population,
was 213, compared with 23.5 last year.
Notification of Births. During the year 2,884 births
were notified. This is at the rate of 98 per cent, of the