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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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| Year. | No. of births. | No. of live births notified. | No. of still births. | Percentage of births notified. | Birth rate. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolwich. | London. | England and Wales. | |||||
MARRIAGES.
There were 1,136 marriages (1,096 in 1925). The
marriage rate was 16.01, as compared with 16.5, 16.9, 15.7,
and 15.06 in the four preceding years.
DEATHS.
The total deaths registered in the district were 1,189.
This figure includes 62 non-residents who died in the district,
but does not include 323 residents who died outside the
Borough. When allowance is made for inward and outward
transfers, the nett figure of 1,450 is obtained. The death rate
for the year was 10.2. In 1925 the corresponding rate was
10.8. The death rate, 10.2, is the second lowest in the metropolitan
boroughs, Lewisham taking first place with 10.0.
In 1926, the death rate for England and Wales was 11.6,
and for London 11.6. The mean death rate for the 105 great
towns was 11.6.
The following Table, No. 6, shows the death rates in
each registration district (after correction for outward and
inward transfers) for each year since 1922:—