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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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The chief Vital Statistics for 193(5 for the Wards of the Borough are given in
the following Table:—
TABLE No. 68.
| Wards. | Population. | Births. | Deaths under 1. | Deaths at all ages | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Rate. | Number | Rate. | Number | Rate. | ||
| Dockyard | 6,249 | 116 | 18.5 | 5 | 43 | 68 | 10.9 |
| St. Mary's | 5,533 | 82 | 14.8 | 6 | 73 | 76 | 13.7 |
| River | 10,361 | 149 | 14.3 | 13 | 87 | 152 | 14.6 |
| St. George's | 7,551 | 124 | 16.4 | 7 | 56 | 76 | 10.1 |
| Burrage | 7,059 | 97 | 13.7 | 8 | 82 | 89 | 12.6 |
| Herbert | 8,816 | 126 | 14.3 | 9 | 71 | 117 | 13.2 |
| Glyndon | 7,773 | 118 | 15.2 | 9 | 76 | 119 | 15.3 |
| St. Margaret's | 12,343 | 171 | 13.8 | 4 | 23 | 144 | 11.7 |
| Central | 7,117 | 101 | 14.2 | 5 | 49 | 96 | 13.5 |
| St. Nicholas | 12,983 | 181 | 13.9 | 18 | 99 | 191 | 14.8 |
| Abbey Wood | 12,753 | 190 | 14.9 | 16 | 84 | 137 | 10.7 |
| Well Hall | 10,904 | 102 | 9.4 | 3 | 29 | 87 | 7.9 |
| Avery Hill | 14,816 | 164 | 11.1 | 2 | 12 | 126 | 8.5 |
| Sherard | 22,242 | 296 | 13.3 | 16 | 54 | 171 | 7.7 |
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 2,362 births were registered in the Borough, 1,257 being males
and 1,105 females. Corrected by outward (327 males and 297 females) and inward
(158 males and 121 females) transfers, these numbers become 2,017, 1,088 and 929
respectively.
The birth-rate was 13.8 compared with 14.0 in 1935 and 13.7 in 1934.