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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 7.
| Year. | No. of births. | No. of live births notified. | No. of still births. | Percentage of births notified. | Birth Rate. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wool. wich. | London. | England and Wales. | |||||
MARRIAGES.
There were 1,252 marriages (977 in 1927). The marriage
rate was 17.7, as compared with 15.7, 15.06, 16.01 and 13.9
in the four preceding years.
DEATHS.
The total deaths registered in the district were 1,310.
This figure includes 109 non.residents who died in the district
but does not include 353 residents who died outside the
Borough. When allowance is made for inward and outward
transfers, the nett figure of 1,554 is obtained. The death
rate for the year was 11.0. According to the figures published
by the Registrar General for the 52 weeks ending 29th
December, 1928, only two metropolitan boroughs had a lower
rate than Woolwich. In 1927 the death rate in Woolwich
was lower than in any metropolitan borough. In 1928, the
death rate for England and Wales was 11 "7 and for London
1T6. The mean death rate for the 107 great towns was 116.