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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 1893
Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1894
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| BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | AGES | AT TIME OF DEATH. | CAUSES. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1893. | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | 0 to1 | 1to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10to 30 | 30 to 80 | 80 and upwards. | Fever. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Small Pox. | Diarrhœa Dysentery. | Fever. | Phthisis. | Heart andChest Diseases,beside Phthisis. | Intestinal Affections. | Brain Disease. Convulsions. | Childbirth andPuerperalFever. | Old Age. | Diphtheria | Influenza. | All other Diseases. | Inquests. | Total. | |
| January | 82 | 67 | 149 | 60 | 62 | 122 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 64 | 14 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 15 | 47 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ... | 20 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 122 |
| February | 78 | 80 | 158 | 56 | 64 | 120 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 63 | 9 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 15 | 34 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 120 |
| March | 94 | 77 | 171 | 57 | 73 | 130 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 63 | 21 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | 14 | 37 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 10 | 130 |
| First Quarter | 254 | 224 | 478 | 173 | 199 | 372 | 59 | 44 | 8 | 27 | 190 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ... | 4 | 1 | 44 | 118 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 6 | 6 | 68 | 30 | 372 |
| April | 59 | 50 | 109 | 59 | 36 | 95 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 48 | 3 | ... | 5 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 11 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ... | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 95 |
| May | 86 | 87 | 173 | 57 | 39 | 96 | 13 | 14 | ... | 14 | 52 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 3 | ... | 7 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 8 | 96 |
| June | 77 | 79 | 156 | 77 | 50 | 127 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 25 | 7 | 9 | ... | ... | 11 | 1 | ... | 25 | 12 | 127 |
| Second Quarter | 222 | 216 | 438 | 193 | 125 | 318 | 60 | 38 | 9 | 36 | 165 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 78 | 15 | 18 | 6 | ... | 23 | 8 | 6 | 67 | 25 | 318 |
| July | 62 | 81 | 143 | 76 | 52 | 128 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 59 | 7 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 8 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 20 | 1 | ... | 11 | 2 | ... | 42 | 12 | 128 |
| August | 75 | 68 | 143 | 57 | 64 | 121 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 55 | 8 | ... | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 121 |
| September | 94 | 87 | 181 | 74 | 68 | 142 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ... | 12 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 7 | ... | 29 | 9 | 142 |
| Third Quarter | 231 | 236 | 467 | 207 | 184 | 391 | 97 | 45 | 21 | 37 | 169 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 34 | 43 | 12 | 33 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 107 | 30 | 391 |
| October | 74 | 71 | 145 | 60 | 54 | 114 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 6 | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 5 | ... | 24 | 8 | 114 |
| November | 84 | 65 | 149 | 51 | 47 | 98 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 50 | 6 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | ... | 17 | 3 | 98 |
| December | 65 | 78 | 143 | 106 | 108 | 214 | 24 | 25 | 3 | 22 | 121 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 16 | 81 | 3 | 12 | ... | 2 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 42 | 17 | 214 |
| Fourth Quarter | 223 | 214 | 437 | 217 | 209 | 426 | 70 | 46 | 14 | 38 | 227 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 7 | ... | 2 | 4 | 28 | 146 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 36 | 14 | 15 | 83 | 28 | 426 |
| Deaths that have occurred in the outlying Institutions during the year 1893 | ... | ... | ... | 42 | 37 | 79 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 15 | ... | ... | 1 | 12 | ... | 8 | 5 | 79 |
| TOTAL | 930 | 890 | 1820 | 832 | 754 | 1586 | 290 | 190 | 61 | 154 | 783 | 108 | 13 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 40 | 17 | 162 | 396 | 50 | 113 | 29 | 17 | 153 | 51 | 28 | 333 | 118 | 1586 |
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