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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 1897
Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1898
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TABLE. 1.
| 1897. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | AGES | AT TIME OF DEATH. | CAUSES. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | 0 to 1 | 1to 5 | 5to 10 | 10to 30 | 30 to 70 | 70 and upwards. | Small Pox. | Diphtheria. | Membran'us Croup. | Erysipelas. | Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever. | Typhoid or Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Influenza. | Diarrhœa & Dysentery. | Phthisis. | Diseases of the Respiratoiy Organs. | Heart Disease. | Brain Disease. | Intestinal Affections. | Convulsions. | Parturition. | Old Age. | All other Diseases. | Inquests. | Total. | |
| January | 164 | 161 | 325 | 57 | 78 | 135 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 39 | 24 | ... | 8 | ... | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ... | 5 | ... | 2 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 36 | 8 | 135 |
| February | 148 | 148 | 296 | 74 | 71 | 145 | 46 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 22 | ... | 10 | ... | 1 | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | 8 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 44 | 8 | 145 |
| March | 103 | 154 | 317 | 78 | 79 | 157 | 36 | 28 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 19 | ... | 10 | ... | 4 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 13 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 11 | 157 | |
| First Quarter | 475 | 463 | 938 | 209 | 228 | 437 | 116 | 66 | 21 | 37 | 132 | 65 | ... | 28 | ... | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 92 | 45 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 23 | 118 | 27 | 437 |
| April | 149 | 143 | 292 | 59 | 55 | 114 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 39 | 18 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 7 | 4 | 3 | ... | 11 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ... | 6 | 31 | 11 | 114 |
| May | 132 | 132 | 264 | 55 | 53 | 108 | 27 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 14 | ... | 14 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ... | 2 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | ... | 3 | 33 | 4 | 108 |
| June | 134 | 131 | 265 | 44 | 55 | 99 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 12 | ... | 6 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | ... | 4 | 29 | 16 | 99 |
| Second Quarter | 415 | 406 | 821 | 158 | 163 | 321 | 76 | 66 | 15 | 23 | 97 | 44 | ... | 30 | ... | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 50 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 8 | ... | 13 | 93 | 31 | 321 |
| July | 206 | 179 | 385 | 100 | 80 | 180 | 76 | 28 | 5 | 13 | 42 | 16 | ... | 9 | ... | 1 | 9 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 27 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 52 | 8 | 180 |
| August | 141 | 133 | 274 | 125 | 108 | 233 | 133 | 39 | 13 | 9 | 29 | 10 | ... | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 84 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 3 | ... | 5 | 34 | 4 | 233 |
| September | 176 | 180 | 356 | 85 | 76 | 161 | 52 | 30 | 5 | 18 | 43 | 13 | ... | 12 | ... | 1 | 10 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 11 | 161 |
| Third Quarter | 523 | 492 | 1015 | 310 | 264 | 574 | 216 | 97 | 23 | 40 | 114 | 39 | ... | 35 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 16 | ... | 4 | 3 | ... | 128 | 36 | 34 | 24 | 34 | 52 | 23 | 3 | 18 | 129 | 23 | 574 |
| October | 144 | 145 | 289 | 63 | 55 | 118 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 6 | ... | 12 | 1 | ... | 12 | 8 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | ... | 2 | 29 | 2 | 118 |
| November | 154 | 146 | 300 | 100 | 76 | 176 | 67 | 33 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 15 | ... | 17 | ... | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 10 | 54 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 6 | 176 |
| December | 158 | 165 | 323 | 81 | 97 | 178 | 43 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 49 | 30 | ... | 24 | ... | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ... | ... | 13 | 41 | 8 | 9 | ... | 6 | 1 | 9 | 43 | 6 | 178 |
| Fourth Quarter | 456 | 456 | 912 | 244 | 228 | 472 | 141 | 92 | 34 | 33 | 121 | 51 | ... | 53 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 9 | ... | 2 | 33 | 112 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 16 | 112 | 14 | 472 |
| TOTAL | 1869 | 1817 | 3686 | 921 | 883 | 1804 | 594 | 321 | 93 | 133 | 464 | 199 | ... | 146 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 47 | 6 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 135 | 126 | 288 | 119 | 108 | 84 | 64 | 9 | 70 | 452 | 95 | 1804 |
| Deaths of Inhabitants of St. Paul, Deptford, at outlying Institutions. | ... | ... | ... | 271 | 171 | 442 | 35 | 57 | 12 | 39 | 200 | 99 | 1 | 16 | ... | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 23 | 82 | 23 | 31 | 18 | 14 | ... | 66 | 146 | 52 | 442 |
| Deaths of Inhabitants of St. Nicholas, Deptford, at outlying Institutions. | ... | ... | ... | 41 | 15 | 56 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 8 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 10 | 17 | 7 | 56 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 1869 | 1817 | 3686 | 1233 | 1069 | 2302 | 638 | 381 | 106 | 178 | 693 | 306 | 1 | 164 | 2 | 11 | 91 | 55 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 137 | 154 | 379 | 145 | 140 | 104 | 81 | 9 | 146 | 615 | 154 | 2302 |
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