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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 No. 1.
| 1895. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | AGES AT TIME OF DEATHS. | CAUSES. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | 0 to1 | 1to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 30 | 30 to 70 | 70 and upwards. | Small Pox. | Cholera. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever. | Typhoid or Enteric Fever | Puerperal Fever. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Influenza. | Diarrhœa& Dysentery. | Phthisis. | Diseases of the Respiratory Organs. | Heart Disease. | Brain Disease. | Intestinal Affections. | Convulsions | Parturition. | Old Age. | All other Diseases. | Inquests. | Total. | |
| January | 187 | 193 | 380 | 91 | 107 | 198 | 53 | 41 | 6 | 15 | 59 | 24 | ... | ... | 13 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ... | 8 | 4 | 4 | ... | 9 | 58 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 51 | 6 | 198 |
| February | 165 | 160 | 325 | 111 | 93 | 204 | 37 | 37 | 10 | 18 | 65 | 37 | ... | ... | 13 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ... | 4 | 4 | 12 | ... | 14 | 69 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 33 | 6 | 204 |
| March | 149 | 132 | 281 | 119 | 128 | 247 | 56 | 55 | 12 | 9 | 71 | 41 | ... | ... | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ... | 2 | 8 | 39 | 2 | 7 | 102 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 7 | ... | 9 | 28 | 4 | 247 |
| First Quarter | 501 | 485 | 986 | 321 | 328 | 649 | 146 | 133 | 28 | 42 | 195 | 105 | ... | ... | 41 | 4 | 10 | 16 | ... | 14 | 16 | 55 | 2 | 30 | 229 | 36 | 23 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 30 | 112 | 16 | 649 |
| April | 154 | 140 | 294 | 73 | 92 | 165 | 47 | 38 | 10 | 11 | 41 | 18 | ... | ... | 12 | ... | 7 | 2 | ... | 1 | 11 | 2 | ... | 15 | 47 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 5 | ... | 6 | 31 | 8 | 165 |
| May | 179 | 180 | 359 | 66 | 100 | 166 | 35 | 40 | 11 | 18 | 44 | 18 | ... | ... | 28 | ... | 4 | 7 | ... | 1 | 5 | 1 | ... | 14 | 25 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 7 | ... | 3 | 35 | 6 | 166 |
| June | 151 | 119 | 270 | 54 | 55 | 109 | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 10 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 5 | 7 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 5 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 6 | ... | 6 | 38 | 4 | 109 |
| Second Quarter | 484 | 439 | 923 | 193 | 247 | 440 | 118 | 99 | 30 | 35 | 112 | 46 | ... | ... | 46 | ... | 16 | 16 | ... | 4 | 18 | 4 | ... | 34 | 84 | 20 | 44 | 17 | 18 | ... | 15 | 104 | 18 | 440 |
| July | 166 | 149 | 315 | 110 | 91 | 201 | 101 | 29 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 5 | ... | ... | 19 | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 38 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 3 | ... | 1 | 60 | 8 | 201 |
| August | 149 | 143 | 292 | 63 | 67 | 130 | 50 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 12 | ... | ... | 10 | 2 | 10 | 6 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | 9 | 43 | 4 | 130 |
| September | 142 | 140 | 282 | 61 | 59 | 120 | 35 | 21 | 10 | 21 | 24 | 9 | ... | ... | 14 | ... | 9 | 3 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 8 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 56 | 5 | 120 |
| Third Quarter | 457 | 432 | 889 | 234 | 217 | 451 | 186 | 74 | 28 | 47 | 90 | 26 | ... | ... | 43 | 2 | 25 | 10 | ... | 2 | 9 | ... | 62 | 36 | 24 | 16 | 21 | 26 | 3 | ... | 13 | 159 | 17 | 451 |
| October | 193 | 171 | 364 | 81 | 69 | 150 | 39 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 37 | 10 | ... | ... | 20 | 3 | 15 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 65 | 4 | 150 |
| November | 131 | 142 | 276 | 68 | 68 | 136 | 33 | 39 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 12 | ... | ... | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 46 | 7 | 136 |
| December | 124 | 123 | 247 | 75 | 65 | 140 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 27 | 20 | ... | ... | 24 | ... | 8 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 5 | 44 | 14 | 140 |
| Fourth Quarter | 451 | 436 | 887 | 224 | 202 | 426 | 109 | 114 | 38 | 29 | 94 | 42 | ... | ... | 59 | 5 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 22 | 92 | 19 | 16 | 3 | ... | ... | 10 | 155 | 25 | 420 |
| TOTAL | 1893 | 1792 | 3685 | 972 | 994 | 1966 | 559 | 420 | 124 | 153 | 491 | 219 | ... | ... | 189 | 11 | 80 | 53 | 1 | 21 | 44 | 59 | 66 | 122 | 429 | 91 | 104 | 52 | 41 | 2 | 68 | 130 | 76 | 1966 |
| Deaths of Inhabitants ,of St. Paul, Deptford, at outlying Institutions. Deaths of Inhabitants of St. Nicholas, Deptford, at outlying Institutions. | ... | ... | ... | 237 | 185 | 422 | 22 | 38 | 19 | 46 | 212 | 85 | 1 | ... | 21 | ... | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 53 | 23 | 38 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 189 | 50 | 422 |
| ... | ... | .. | 22 | 20 | 42 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 21 | 3 | 42 | |
| GRAND TOTAL | 1893 | 1792 | 3685 | 1231 | 1199 | 2430 | 583 | 166 | 144 | 202 | 725 | 310 | 3 | ... | 213 | 11 | 85 | 55 | 3 | 25 | 45 | 71 | 67 | 177 | 453 | 132 | 127 | 53 | 45 | 4 | 121 | 740 | 129 | 2430 |