London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| Districts. | Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000, including Hospitals and Schools and Greenwich Union and Infirmary. | Death-rate per 1,000, excluding Hospitals and Schools and Greenwich Union and Infirmary. | Zymotic Death-rate. | Infantile Mortality. | Birth-rate. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich, East | 32,106 | 510 | |||||
| ,, West | 22,007 | 465 | |||||
| ,, Workhouse | 1,068 | 398 | |||||
| „ Infirmary | 528 | ||||||
| Royal Naval College | 199 | ||||||
| Greenwich Hospital | 26.4 | 16.2 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 30.3 | ||
| Schools | 1,081 | ||||||
| Seamen's Hospital | 255 | 115 | |||||
| Miller Hospital | 19 | ||||||
| Outlying Institutions | 79 | ||||||
| Estimated Increase of Population since 1891 | 2,713 | 4.8 | 30.3 | ||||
| Total | 59,957 | 1,586 | 26.4 | 16.2 | 3.1 |
| 1893. | Scarlet Fever. | Measles. | Whooping Cough | Small Pox. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Enteric Fever. | Diphtheria. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| February | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 |
| March | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | 10 |
| APril | ... | 5 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | 14 |
| May | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 |
| June | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| July | 5 | ... | ... | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | |
| August | ... | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| September | 1 | 1 | 9 | ... | 12 | 4 | 7 | 34 |
| October | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 12 | |
| November | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| December | 1 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Outlying Districts | 6 | ... | ... | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 27 |
| Total | 13 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 40 | 17 | 51 | 187 |
Zymotic Death-rate 3.1 per 1,000.