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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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registered births and compares with 94 per cent, in 1921.
1,702 notifications were received from midwives, 403 from
the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies, 268 from medical
practitioners, 199 from parents, 149 from the Military Families
Hospital, 54 from the Woolwich Infirmary, and 109 from
other persons.
The following table, No. 6, shows the number of births
in each year since 1918, the birth rate for the same period
for Woolwich, London, England and Wales, and the number
of five and still births notified each year.
TABLE No. 6.
| Year | Woolwich. | London | England & Wales | Woolwich. | Percent age of births notified | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of births | Birthrate | Birth- | rate | No. of live births notified | No. of Stillbirths | ||
| 1918 | 2578 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 17.7 | 2418 | 70 | 94 |
| 1919 | 2737 | 19.3 | 18.3 | 18.5 | 2645 | 67 | 97 |
| 1920 | 3658 | 24.7 | 26.5 | 25.4 | 3163 | 112 | 95 |
| 1921 | 3197 | 23.5 | 22.3 | 22.4 | 3011 | 91 | 94 |
| 1922 | 2941 | 21.3 | 21.0 | 206 | 2884 | 72 | 98 |
The natural increase of the population is the excess
of births over deaths. In 1919 it was 1,058; in 1920 it was
2,171; in 1921 it was 1,603; and in 1922 it was 1,338.
Table No. 7 shows the number of births in 1922 in each
parish, and the respective birth rates (after correction for
outward and inward transfers) since 1918.