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METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACTS.
ELTHAM.
MEDICAL OFFICERS REPORT FOR THE THREE
MONTHS ENDING DECEMBER 31st, 1893.
To the Board of Works for the Plumstead Disease.
Gentlemen,
1. I beg to submit my report for the 3 months ending Dec.
31st, 1893, during which time 1 have been Medical Officer of
Health for the Eltham Division.
2. In that period there were 34 births, 16 male and 18
female, giving, on an estimated population of 5840, a birth-rate
of 23 per 1000, calculated as for the year.
3. There were 32 deaths, 16 male and 16 female. 26 in
Eltham itself, and 6 in "Outlying Institutions" of persons
belonging to the parish. No deaths occurred in the district
of those residing elsewhere.
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