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9
Public Health and Housing Department,
Royal Hill, Greenwich,
April, 1911.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit herewith, in accordance
with the requirements of the Local Government Board, the
Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the
year 1910.
The mortality statistics for the year arc again of a
very satisfactory character. The Birth Rate of 21.41
per 1,000 is slightly below that of the County of London,
which figure was 23.9 per 1,000. The recorded Death
Rate of 11.45 per 1,000 of the estimated population,
compares favourably with 12.7 per 1,000, the Death Rate
for the County of London, and with 13.4 per 1,000, the
figure, for the 7 7 large towns.
The Death Rate for Greenwich corrected for difference
of age and sex constitution in the population, equals
11-8 per 1,000.
Comparing Greenwich with the other Metropolitan
Boroughs according to their corrected Death Rate, which is
the fairest method of comparison, shows that Greenwich has
the lowest Death Rate but 6 amongst the 29 Metropolitan
Boroughs. The 6 Boroughs having a better Death Rate
than Greenwich being Hampstead, Lewisham, Wandsworth,
Woolwich, Stoke Newington and Fulham. Full particulars
of all the Boroughs in this respect, are to be
found in the table on page 18.