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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 DEATH. | CAUSES. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | 0 to1 | 1to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 30 | 30 to 80 | 80 and upwards. | Scarlet Fever. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Small Pox. | Diarrhoea & Dysentery. | Fever. | Phthisis. | Heart and Chest Diseases, beside Phthisis. | Intestinal Affections. | Brain Disease. | Convulsions. | Childbirth andPuerperalFever. | Old Age. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | All other Diseases. | Inquests. | Total. | |
| January | 87 | 86 | 173 | 75 | 58 | 133 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 74 | 6 | ... | 5 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 27 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 133 |
| February | 69 | 76 | 145 | 55 | 35 | 90 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 39 | 6 | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 90 |
| March | 88 | 95 | 183 | 68 | 65 | 133 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 67 | 6 | ... | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 21 | 30 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 133 |
| First Quarter | 244 | 257 | 501 | 198 | 158 | 356 | 66 | 45 | 15 | 32 | 180 | 18 | ... | 13 | 12 | ... | ... | 2 | 44 | 81 | 7 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 68 | 31 | 356 |
| April | 71 | 69 | 140 | 63 | 57 | 120 | 17 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 61 | 4 | ... | 16 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 22 | 2 | 14 | 3 | ... | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 120 |
| May | 63 | 72 | 135 | 47 | 41 | 88 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 6 | ... | 4 | 8 | ... | ... | 1 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ... | 15 | 2 | ... | 22 | 3 | 88 |
| June | 64 | 55 | 119 | 49 | 41 | 90 | 18 | 17 | ... | 16 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ... | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 90 |
| Second Quarter | 198 | 196 | 394 | 159 | 139 | 298 | 49 | 59 | 4 | 30 | 143 | 13 | 3 | 26 | 19 | ... | ... | 1 | 30 | 57 | 5 | 26 | 7 | ... | 32 | 7 | 2 | 66 | 17 | 293 |
| July | 63 | 75 | 138 | 62 | 59 | 121 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 61 | 5 | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | 10 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ... | 18 | 1 | ... | 33 | 8 | 121 |
| August | 94 | 98 | 192 | 83 | 55 | 138 | 44 | 15 | ... | 14 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ... | 18 | ... | 11 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 3 | ... | 7 | 4 | ... | 42 | 15 | 138 |
| September | 83 | 93 | 176 | 71 | 60 | 131 | 33 | 17 | 33 | 9 | 61 | 8 | ... | 6 | ... | 6 | ... | 19 | 30 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 131 | |
| Third Quarter | 240 | 266 | 506 | 216 | 174 | 390 | 104 | 45 | 7 | 37 | 181 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 9 | ... | 34 | 2 | 45 | 63 | 8 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 102 | 30 | 390 |
| October | 84 | 61 | 145 | 51 | 47 | 98 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 22 | 22 | ... | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ... | 25 | 6 | 98 |
| November | 76 | 63 | 139 | 68 | 44 | 112 | 22 | 13 | ... | 9 | 58 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 112 |
| December | 100 | 75 | 175 | 74 | 45 | 119 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 68 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 11 | 35 | 2 | 10 | 6 | ... | 11 | 2 | ... | 28 | 9 | 119 |
| Fourth Quarter | 260 | 199 | 459 | 193 | 136 | 329 | 62 | 36 | 7 | 26 | 175 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 6 | ... | 3 | 3 | 45 | 84 | 4 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 77 | 19 | 329 |
| Deaths that have occurred in the outlying Institutions during the year 1896 J | ... | ... | ... | 59 | 46 | 105 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 43 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 10 | ... | ... | 2 | 25 | ... | 9 | 5 | 105 | |
| TOTAL | 942 | 918 | 1860 | 825 | 653 | 1478 | 283 | 210 | 53 | 138 | 722 | 72 | 21 | 57 | 46 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 176 | 298 | 29 | 129 | 38 | 8 | 125 | 59 | 13 | 322 | 102 | 1478 |