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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
Lee 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lee]
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The Births are less than last year by 32, in spite of the
larger number of inhabited houses, viz., 336—
Males 171
females 165
336
Giving a ratio of 24.214 per thousand of the population—
estimated at 12,403.
The Deaths are considerably less. Whereas in 1893 they
numbered 222, this year, 1894, they have dropped to 196—
Males 101
Females 95
196
Giving a ratio of 15'6 per thousand of the population, and if we
eliminate the cases incidental to old age, premature birth, and
violence, we shall show record of which no parish can complain.
Deaths in Outlying Institutions.
South Eastern Fever Hospital 3
Ship "Atlas" 1
Woolwich Union 3
Charing Cross Hospital 1
Greenwich Union 1
The Thames (Rotherhithe) 1
St. John's Hospital 1
Seamen's Hospital 1
Darenth Asylum 1
Throat Hospital 1
Guy's Hospital 2
Banstead Asylum 1
Brompton Hospital 1
Evelina Hospital 1
" Red Lion," Woolwich 1
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