Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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21
Asylums 36
Poor Law Institutions:—
Greenwich Union 327
Other than Greenwich 20
Hospitals:—
Guy's 39
Seamen's 13
Miller's 12
East London (for children) 11
St. Bartholomew's 7
St. Thomas' 16
London 11
Metropolitan Asylums Board 18
Other Hospitals 37
Other places 38
The following table gives the number of deaths which occurred in each Ward, and the death rates for each Ward.
Ward. | Deaths. | Death Rate per 1,000. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
East Ward | 251 | 217 | 468 | 21•0 |
North Ward | 198 | 194 | 392 | 15•8 |
North West Ward | 171 | 155 | 326 | 13•7 |
South Ward | 71 | 63 | 134 | 10•9 |
South East Ward | 111 | 96 | 207 | 17•2 |
South West Ward | 90 | 111 | 201 | 14•1 |
Deaths of residents occurring in outlying public institutions
are allocated to their respective Wards according to the
addresses of the deceased as received from the RegistrarGeneral's
Department.