Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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The following table which is compiled by the Registrar-General shows at a glance the relative position occupied by Greenwich with other Boroughs in London: —
Borough. | Rate per 1000population | Borough. | Rate per 1000 Population. |
---|---|---|---|
Lewisham | 10·3 | St. Marylebone | 11·6 |
City of Westminster | 10·7 | Deptford | 11·7 |
Woolwich | 10·7 | Lambeth | 11·7 |
Fulham | 10·8 | Stoke Newington | 11·8 |
Wandsworth | 10·8 | St. Pancras | 12·1 |
Holborn | 12·3 | ||
Bethnal Green | 11·0 | Islington | 12·3 |
Camberwell | 11·2 | Bermondsey | 12·4 |
Hackney | 11·2 | Southwark | 12·5 |
Battersea | 11·3 | Kensington | 12·7 |
Hampstead | 11·3 | Paddington | 12·8 |
Poplar | 11·3 | Shorcditch | 12·8 |
Hammersmith | 11·4 | Chelsea | 13·2 |
Stepney | 11·4 | Finsbury | 14·1 |
Locally the Death Rate varied from 8.82 in Kidbrooke,
10.37 in Charlton, 11.03 in, East Greenwich, 11.50 in St.
Nicholas, Deptford, up to 12.10 in West Greenwich.
Of the total number of deaths, 11 under five years of age
were of illegitimate birth, 6 of whom were under one year of
age.
The following table shows the variation in, and average of the Death Rates in each of the five Districts of the Borough in the five years 1923 to 1927 compared with the figures for 1928.
District. | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | Averagefor 5 years. | 1928 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Greenwich | 10.43 | 11.14 | 10.87 | 10.82 | 10.59 | 10.77 | 11.03 |
West Greenwich | 12.97 | 11.84 | 12.45 | 12.24 | 11.48 | 12.19 | 12.10 |
St. Nicholas, Deptford | 12.58 | 11.77 | 12.63 | 14.22 | 11.11 | 12.46 | 11.50 |
Charlton | 8.74 | 12.41 | 11.36 | 8.89 | 10.66 | 10.41 | 10.37 |
Kidbrooke | 10.47 | 6.61 | 6.09 | 5.45 | 9.16 | 7.55 | 8.82 |
Borough | 10.95 | 11.47 | 11.36 | 10.89 | 10.83 | 11.10 | 11.13 |