Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1925
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The following table shows at a glance these figures since the formation of the Borough:—
District. | Average for five years, 1901-1905. inclusive. | Average for five years, 1906-1910. inclusive. | Average for five years, 1911-1915. inclusive. | Average for five years, 1916-1920, inclusive. | Average for five years,1921-1925, inclusive. |
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East Greenwich | 129 | 106 | 96 | 81 | 62 |
West Greenwich | 126 | 110 | 112 | 110 | 80 |
St. Nicholas, | 179 | 143 | 167 | 138 | 88 |
Deptford Charlton | 121 | 109 | 76 | 89 | 66 |
Kidbrooke | 39 | 79 | 16 | 39 | 13 |
Borough | 131 | 111 | 103 | 95 | 66 |
ANALYSIS OF DEATH CAUSES. Adopting the Registrar-General's classification of diseases, the following table shows the Death Rates for all persons belonging to the Borough per 1,000 of the population living in the Borough.
1925. | 1925. | ||
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Infective Diseases— | Local Diseases—continued. | ||
Epidemic | 0.71 | Circulatory System | 1.47 |
Sporadic | 0.01 | Respiratory System | 2.00 |
Venereal | 0.05 | Digestive System .. | 0.58 |
Septic | 0.11 | Lymphatic System | 0.03 |
Malarial | 0.06 | Urinary System .. | 0.29 |
Tuberculosis | 1.12 | Reproductive System | 0.03 |
Parasitic Diseases | — | Parturition | 0.01 |
Constitutional Diseases | 1.51 | Bones and Joints.. | 0.02 |
Developmental Diseases | 1.72 | Integumentary System . | — |
Dietetic Diseases | — | External Causes— | |
Local Diseases— | |||
Accidents | 0.49 | ||
Nervous System | 0.79 | Homicide | — |
Organs of Special Sense .. | 0.01 | Suicide | 0.10 |