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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
Plumstead 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Plumstead]
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TABLE I.
Summary of Statistics for 1895, compared with Registration London.
| Plumstead. | London. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Area | 3,388 acress | 77,410 acres |
| Inhabited houses | 9,454 | 544,977 | |
| Number of persons to a house | 6.5 | 7.7 | |
| 2. | Population, Census 1891— | ||
| West Plumstead | 15,867 | ||
| East Plumstead | 36,556 | ||
| Total | 52,436 | 4,221,452 | |
| Population estimated to June, 30th, 1895 | 61,494 | 4,392,346 | |
| Total Deaths—Corrected for Public Institutions | 930 | 85,138 | |
| Total Births | 1866 | 133,715 | |
| Natural increase of population | 936 | 46,778 | |
| Estimated increase | 2261 | 43,395 | |
| 3. | Birth rate | 30.3 | 30.5 |
| Death rate | 15.1 | 19.4 | |
| Zymotic death rate | 2.4 | 2.6 | |
| Deaths under 1 year to 1000 births | 134 | 165 | |
| 4. | Uncertified deaths per cent. of total deaths | 3.0 | |
| Deaths from violence | 31 | ||
| Inquest cases | 43 | ||
| 5. | Death rate, 1893 | 17.5 | 21.3 |
| „ 1894 | 12.4 | 17.8 | |
| „ 1895 | 15.1 | 19.4 | |