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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: Table No. 3. DEATH RATES, 1888—1897.

Table No. 3. DEATH RATES, 1888—1897.

1888188918901891189218931894189518961897
St. Paul14215·617·116·315·616·017·118·018.719·3
St. Nicholas13·516·915·524·015·520·725·030·728·125·0
London19·318·321·521·420·421·317·819·818·6182

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The death rates given above for the years 1888-93, were calculated on the
number of deaths which occurred in the District, excluding those taking place
in the S.E. Hospital and Outlying Public Institutions. The death rates from
1894 include all deaths of parishioners occurring in the S.E. Hospital and at
outlying Public Institutions.

Table: Table No. 4.

Table No. 4.

Saint Paul.Saint Nicholas.Totals.
BIRTHS34182683686
DEATHS (Including 24 Parishioners in the S.E. Hospital, and 498 in the outlying Institutions.)21031992302
Excess of Births over Deaths1315691384