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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 1895

Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1896

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Table: Table No. 2.

Table No. 2.

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, East32,106448
„ West22,007341
„ Workhouse1,068464
„ Infirmary528
Royal Naval College199
Greenwich Hospital Schools1,081023.912.62.24.228.6
Seamen's Hospital255132
Miller Hospital24
Outlying Institutions88
Estimated Increase of Population since 1891 (By Registrar-Genl's method)4,235
Total62,4791,49723.912.62.24.228.6

Table: Table No. 3.ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

Table No. 3.

ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

1895.Scarlet Fever.Measles.Whooping Cough.Small Pox.Diarrhœa and Dysentery.Enteric Fever.Diphtheria.Puerperal Fever.Total.
January...5......1...219
February...1............2...3
March...1..................1
April......1............12
May1.........3...1...5
June1.........1...1...3
July...11...8...3...13
August1...4...1511325
September......2...11...3...16
October...1......2...5...8
November...6......21......9
December...103......24...19
Outlying Institutions32511...434225113
3.........2317126
62511...457396139

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Zymotic Death-rate 2.2 per 1,000.
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