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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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The chief Vital Statistics for 1933 for the Wards of the Borough are given in
the following Table:—
TABLE No. 65.
| Wards. | Population. | Births. | Deaths under 1. | Deaths at all Ages | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Rate. | Number | Rate. | Number | Rate. | ||
| Dockyard | 6,784 | 106 | 15.6 | 4 | 37 | 93 | 13.7 |
| St. Mary's | 6,021 | 91 | 15.1 | 9 | 99 | 69 | 11.4 |
| River | 11,425 | 155 | 13.5 | 12 | 77 | 156 | 13.6 |
| St. George's | 8,169 | 113 | 13.8 | 9 | 79 | 62 | 7.6 |
| Burrage | 7,728 | 94 | 12.1 | 3 | 32 | 111 | 14.3 |
| Herbert | 8,162 | 116 | 14.2 | 5 | 43 | 114 | 13.9 |
| Glyndon | 8,431 | 116 | 13.8 | 8 | 69 | 110 | 13.0 |
| St. Margaret's | 12,193 | 140 | 11.5 | 6 | 43 | 135 | 11.0 |
| Central | 7,684 | 106 | 13.8 | 5 | 47 | 122 | 15.9 |
| St. Nicholas | 13,645 | 163 | 11.9 | 12 | 73 | 151 | 11.0 |
| Abbey Wood | 11,475 | 108 | 9.4 | 10 | 92 | 110 | 9.6 |
| Well Hall | 12,797 | 132 | 10.3 | 7 | 53 | 125 | 9.8 |
| Avery Hill | 12,569 | 137 | 10.9 | 8 | 58 | 119 | 9.5 |
| Sherard | 19,117 | 280 | 14.6 | 18 | 64 | 157 | 8.2 |
If the rates in St. Mary's, River and St. George's Wards and in Woolwich
parish are compared-with those of previous years, it must be borne in mind that
from 1915 to 1931 these rates were calculated on the civilian population and not
on the total population.
Births.
During the year 2,162 births were registered in the Borough, 1,082 being males
and 1,080 females. Corrected by outward (237 males and 224 females) and inward
(79 males and 77 females) transfers, these numbers become 1,857, 924 and 933
respectively.
The birth rate was 12.7, compared with 14.0 in 1932 and 15.1 in 1931.