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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 1896
Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1897
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TABLE No. 1.
| 1896. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | AGES AT TIME OF DEATHS. | CAUSES. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | 0 to1 | 1to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10to 30 | 30 to 70 | 70 and upwards. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Erysipelas??? | Scarlet Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Typhoid or Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Measles | Whooping Cough. | Influenza. | Diarrhoea & Dysentery. | Phthisis. | Diseases of the Respiratory Organs. | Heart Disease. | Brain Disease. | Intestinal Affections. | Convulsions | Parturition. | Old Age. | All other Diseases. | Inquests. | Total. | |
| January | 162 | 164 | 326 | 72 | 96 | 168 | 42 | 56 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 16 | 19 | ... | ... | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 5 | ... | ... | 8 | 37 | 12 | 9 | ... | 2 | ... | 7 | 48 | 13 | 168 |
| February | 156 | 134 | 290 | 77 | 84 | 161 | 29 | 49 | 14 | 18 | 39 | 12 | 18 | 1 | ... | 10 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | 14 | 1 | ... | ... | 10 | 33 | 7 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 8 | 49 | 4 | 161 |
| March | 144 | 142 | 286 | 91 | 89 | 180 | 51 | 63 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 9 | 14 | 1 | ... | 9 | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 8 | 4 | ... | 9 | 2 ___ | 3 | 55 | 5 | 180 |
| First Quarter | 462 | 440 | 902 | 240 | 269 | 509 | 122 | 168 | 32 | 41 | 109 | 37 | 51 | 2 | ... | 31 | ... | 12 | ... | 1 | 47 | 16 | 2 | 23 | 96 | 27 | 13 | ... | 14 | 2 | 18 | 152 | 22 | 509 | |
| April | 180 | 187 | 367 | 120 | 104 | 224 | 53 | 86 | 12 | 13 | 43 | 17 | 18 | ... | ... | 11 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 42 | 13 | 3 | ... | 10 | 37 | 13 | 5 | ... | 8 | 1 | 4 | 54 | 9 | 224 |
| May | 166 | 117 | 283 | 82 | 69 | 151 | 41 | 48 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 9 | 13 | 2 | ... | 7 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 19 | 10 | 1 | ... | 23 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 151 | |
| June | 169 | 153 | 322 | 66 | 70 | 136 | 35 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 39 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 136 | |
| Second Quarter | 515 | 457 | 972 | 268 | 243 | 511 | 129 | 164 | 35 | 30 | 117 | 36 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 30 | ... | 8 | ... | 2 | 65 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 79 | 30 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 115 | 14 | 511 |
| July | 190 | 140 | 330 | 120 | 125 | 245 | 116 | 45 | 4 | 16 | 45 | 19 | 15 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 10 | 10 | ... | 42 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 23 | 20 | 14 | ... | 5 | 55 | 6 | 245 |
| August | 151 | 134 | 285 | 82 | 66 | 148 | 66 | 32 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 11 | 11 | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 4 | 8 | ... | 32 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 148 |
| September | 154 | 155 | 309 | 63 | 54 | 117 | 33 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 15 | 21 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 8 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 13 | ... | 2 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 117 |
| Third Quarter | 495 | 429 | 924 | 265 | 245 | 510 | 215 | 101 | 17 | 37 | 95 | 45 | 47 | ... | 1 | 14 | 1 | 8 | ... | 1 | 14 | 21 | ... | 82 | 34 | 37 | 23 | 33 | 45 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 111 | 13 | 510 |
| October | 194 | 190 | 384 | 84 | 96 | 180 | 52 | 34 | 14 | 17 | 47 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 39 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | ... | 8 | 41 | 6 | 180 |
| November | 146 | 168 | 314 | 72 | 90 | 162 | 51 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 12 | 16 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 51 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 5 | ... | 3 | 43 | 162 | |
| December | 187 | 180 | 367 | 79 | 88 | 167 | 44 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 28 | 11 | ... | 5 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 11 | 37 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 41 | 9 | 167 | |
| Fourth Quarter | 527 | 538 | 1065 | 235 | 274 | 509 | 147 | 96 | 30 | 37 | 143 | 56 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 13 | ... | 12 | 1 | ... | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 127 | 25 | 32 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 20 | 125 | 22 | 509 |
| TOTAL | 1999 | 1864 | 5863 | 1008 | 1031 | 2039 | 613 | 529 | 114 | 145 | 464 | 174 | 184 | 6 | 5 | 88 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 131 | 78 | 11 | 91 | 126 | 339 | 105 | 99 | 79 | 73 | 9 | 66 | 503 | 71 | 2039 |
| Deaths of Inhabitants of St. Paul, Deptford, at outlying Institutions. | ... | ... | ... | 228 | 173 | 401 | 27 | 47 | 17 | 55 | 186 | 69 | 18 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 7 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | 33 | 60 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 5 | ... | 62 | 163 | 40 | 401 |
| Deaths of Inhabitants of St. Nicholas, Deptfordat outlying Institutions. | ... | ... | ... | 24 | 22 | 46 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 24 | 4 | 46 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 1999 | 1864 | 3863 | 1260 | 1126 | 2486 | 646 | 580 | 135 | 212 | 665 | 249 | 204 | 6 | 5 | 96 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 8 | 134 | 79 | 12 | 94 | 161 | 410 | 116 | 124 | 81 | 78 | 9 | 130 | 690 | 115 | 2486 |