Woolwich Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU) : Life & Death Statistics

Created: 1868  

These simple graphs compare Woolwich with national trends:

Time Series Period Covered Description
Fertility Rate 1871 to 1911 Live births per thousand women aged 20 to 49. The General Fertility Rate is usually defined relativ…
Illegitimacy Rate 1868 to 1880 Illegitimate Births as a percentage of all births. Until quite recently, vital registration statist…
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911 Deaths per thousand live births. This is a good overall measure of the health of a population, alt…
Standardised Mortality Ratio 1881 The actual number of deaths as a percentage of the expected number, computed from mortality rates f…

We hold these detailed statistics for Woolwich, which we graph and tabulate here:

Time Series Period Covered Variables (number of categories)
Births by legitimacy 1868 to 1880 Legitimacy (2)
Births by legitimacy & sex 1868 to 1880 Legitimacy (2)
Sex (2)
Births by sex 1868 to 1880 Sex (2)
Cause of Death 1871 to 1911 Cause of Death (RG Quarterly Return definition) (10)
Deaths by sex 1868 to 1910 Sex (2)
Decennial Cause of Death by Age 1901 to 1910 Sex (2)
Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75 (11)
Cause of Death (RG 1900s DS definition) (24)
Decennial Cause of Death by Age 1871 to 1880 Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75 (11)
Cause of Death (RG 1870s DS definition) (26)
Decennial Cause of Death by Age 1881 to 1900 Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75 (11)
Cause of Death (RG 1880s DS definition) (24)
Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s 1881 to 1900 Age in single years between birth & 5 (5)
Cause of Death (RG 1880s DS definition) (24)
Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s 1871 to 1910 Age between birth & 5 in three bands (3)
Cause of Death (Simplified) (14)
Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s 1871 to 1880 Age in single years between birth & 5 (5)
Cause of Death (RG 1870s DS definition) (26)
Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex for under 5s 1901 to 1910 Sex (2)
Age between birth & 5 in three bands (3)
Cause of Death (RG 1900s DS definition) (24)
Decennial Cause of Death by Age (Simplified) 1871 to 1910 Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75 (11)
Cause of Death (Simplified) (14)
Infant Deaths 1871 to 1911 Infant Deaths (4)
Total Births 1868 to 1910 Total Live Births (1)
Total Deaths 1868 to 1910 Total Deaths (3)

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