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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
Greenwich 1910
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1910
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The Infantile Mortality Rate, for the Borough,
measured by the number of deaths under one year to
1,000 births registered, was 108, an increase of 6 compared
with last year; the figure for London as a whole
was 103, and the Borough average during the last five
years, 1905-1909, inclusive, 113.
The Zymotic Death Rate of 1.38 per 1,000 is .24 per
1,000 above the County average, viz., 1.31 per 1,000,
and is 0.39 per 1,000 above the corresponding figure
for last year.
This increase in the Zymotic Death Rate is practically
all accounted for by the larger number of deaths from
Whooping Cough in Greenwich during this year. The
average Death Rate from this Disease throughout the
County of London being -28 per 1,000, whereas the
death rate from this disease in Greenwich was .50 per
1,000.
The figures relating to the different constituent parts of the Borough are as follows:—
| Districts. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate. | Percentage of deaths under one year of age. | Infantile Mortality per 1,000 Births. | Zymotic Death Rate. | Diarrhœa Death Rate. | Consumption Death Rate. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Greenwich | 22.04 | 11.19 | 21.35 | 108 | 1.46 | 0.33 | 1.05 |
| West Greenwich | 22.42 | 13.71 | 19.84 | 121 | 1.67 | 0.25 | 0.91 |
| St. Nicholas | 29.39 | 14.46 | 25.0 | 123 | 2.80 | 0.82 | 1.17 |
| Charlton | 18.28 | 9.09 | 16.06 | 80 | 0.33 | 0.39 | 0.90 |
| Kidbrooke | 4.43 | 4.70 | 5.88 | 63 | 0.83 | o.oo | 0.00 |
| Whole Borough | 21.41 | 11.45 | 20.24 | 108 | 1.38 | 0.31 | 0.96 |
Attack Rates of the various notifiable diseases per 1,000 living in the several districts:—
| Districts. | Small-pox. | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Erysipelas. | Typhoid rever. | Puerperal Fever. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Greenwich | .00 | 1.92 | 0.55 | 0.25 | 0.14 | 0.00 |
| West Greenwich | .00 | 1.41 | 2.07 | 1.16 | 0.29 | 0.11 |
| St. Nicholas | .00 | 1.17 | 1.98 | 2.92 | 0.23 | 0.12 |
| Charlton | .00 | 0.28 | 1.04 | 0.24 | 0.09 | 0.05 |
| Kidbrooke | .00 | 1.66 | 1.66 | 0.28 | o.oo | o.oo |
| Whole Borough | .00 | 1.42 | 1.51 | 0.76 | 0.17 | 0.44 |