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REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR
DEPTFOBD.
To the Greenwich. District Board of Works.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you the Annual Report on
the Vital Statistics and Sanitary Work for the Registration Year,
1898, 52 weeks ending December 31st, 1898.
POPULATION.
The population of Saint Paul's Parish, as estimated according
to the Registrar-General's method, for 1898, amounted to 109,982,
and that for Saint Nicholas Parish is estimated at 8,122, making a
total estimated population for the two Parishes of 118,104.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered during the year 1898 was
3,715 (1,814 males and 1,901 females), being an increase from
the previous year of 29 only, and equivalent to an annual rate
of 31.7 per 1,000 persons living. The Birth Rate for London
during the same period was 29.5, and for the thirty-two great
towns 30.9.