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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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The chief Vital Statistics of the Borough during the quinquennial
period 1920 to 1924 are shown in Table No. 5 :—
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | Total DeaSts Registered in toe District. | Transferable Deaths | Nett deaths belonging to the District. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nett. | of Non-re adents 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 | |
* 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) 8,282
Census, ) Total Population, all ages 140,389
1921. J Civilian Population, all ages 136,307
BIRTHS.
During the year 2,677 births were registered in Woolwich,
1,377 being boys and 1,300 girls. Corrected by outward and
inward transfers these numbers become 2,590, 1,324 and
1,266 respectively. The estimated figures for the different
registration districts were as shown in Table No. 6, which
follows :—