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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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The chief Vital Statistics for 1938 for the Wards of the Borough are given
in the following Table—
TABLE No. 4.
| Wards. | Population. | Births. | Deaths under 1. | Deaths at all ages | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Rate. | Number | Rate. | Number | Rate. | ||
| Dockyard | 6,092 | 99 | 14.6 | 3 | 30 | 68 | 11.2 |
| St. Mary's | 5,415 | 78 | 14.4 | 4 | 51 | 52 | 9.6 |
| River | 9,538 | 138 | 14.5 | 8 | 58 | 109 | 11.4 |
| St. George's | 7,180 | 127 | 17.7 | 6 | 47 | 47 | 6.5 |
| 9.8 | |||||||
| Burrage | 6,831 | 91 | 13.3 | 5 | 55 | 99 | 14.5 |
| Herbert | 8,997 | 158 | 17.6 | 8 | 50 | 106 | 11.8 |
| Glyndon | 7,521 | 107 | 14.2 | 3 | 28 | 97 | 12.9 |
| St. Margaret's | 13,643 | 191 | 14.0 | 13 | 68 | 169 | 12.4 |
| Central | 6,862 | 111 | 16.2 | 2 | 18 | 105 | 15.3 |
| St. Nicholas | 13,060 | 219 | 16.8 | 11 | 50 | 179 | 13.7 |
| Abbey Wood | 12,701 | 152 | 12.0 | 13 | 85 | 132 | 10.4 |
| 12.7 | |||||||
| Well Hall | 11,344 | 115 | 10.1 | 4 | 35 | 96 | 8.5 |
| Avery Hill | 17,010 | 161 | 9.5 | 8 | 49 | 152 | 8.9 |
| Sherard | 24,706 | 310 | 12.5 | 14 | 45 | 165 | 6.7 |
| Eltham | 53,060 | 586 | 11.0 | 26 | 44 | 413 | 7.8 |
| BOROUGH | 150,900 | 2,057 | 13.6 | 102 | 50 | 1,576 | 10.4 |
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.
The nett births for the year were 2,059, 1,032 being males and 1,027 females.
In addition there were 60 still-births, 36 being males and 24 females. The nett
number of illegitimate births was 74, 2 of these being still-births. The birth rate
was 13.6 compared with 14.2 in 1937 and 13.8 in 1936. The birth rate for England
and Wales was 15.1, for London 13.4, and the mean birth rate for the 126 great
towns, including London, was 15.0.