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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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H. L. Davtes, Cert. San. Insp. Exam. Joint Board. (Food Inspector).
J. Hills, Cert. San. Insp. Exam. Joint Board ; Cert. Meat and Other
Foods. (District Inspector).
J. Hacker, Cert. San. Insp. Exam. Joint Board ; Cert. Meat and Other
Foods. (Food Inspector).
J. H. Lott, Cert. San. Insp. Exam. Joint Board ; Cert. Meat and Other
Foods. (District Inspector).
C. H. Sargent, Cert. San. Insp. Exam. Joint Board ; Cert. Meat and
Other Foods. (District Inspector).
N. E. Broom, Cert. San. Insp. Exam. Joint Board. (District Inspector).
Public Analyst (Part-time)—
H. Amphlett Williams, ph.d. (Lon.), a.c.g.f.c., f.r.i.c.
GENERAL STATISTICS
Area of Borough 8,282 statute acres
Number of Dwellings 41,956
Number of Persons per acre 18-0
Rateable Value (including Government property) £1,289,717
Product of 1d. Rate £5,425
Extracts from the vital statistics for the year, with comparative figures for 1954, are shown below:—
Table No. 1.
| 1955. | 1954. | |
|---|---|---|
| Population {Home, i.e., including members of H.M. Forces stationed in the district) | 148,500 | 149,700 |
| Live Births—Legitimate | 1,900 | 1,944 |
| Live Births—Illegitimate | 71 | 91 |
| Total Live Births | 1,971 | 2,035 |
| Birth Rate | 13.2 | 13.5 |
| Stillbirths | 38 | 47 |
| Stillbirths—Rate per 1,000 total births | 19.2 | 23.1 |
| 1,537 | 1,443 | |
| Death Rate per 1,000 population | 10.3 | 9.6 |
| 2 | 1 | |
| Death Rate from Puerperal Causes per 1,000 total Births .. | 1.0 | 49 |
| Deaths of Infants under one year | 39 | 37 |
| Death Rate of Infants under one year | 19.7 | 18.1 |
| Deaths from Tuberculosis (all forms) | 23 | 21 |
| 311 | 288 | |
| Deaths from Acute Poliomyelitis | 5 | nil |