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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 1898
Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1899
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TABLE No.1.
| 1898. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | AGES AT TIME OF DEATH. | CAUSES. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 30 | 30 to 70 | 70 and upwards. | Diphtheria. | Membran'us | Erysipelas. | 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 | 160 | 152 | 312 | 83 | 73 | 156 | 37 | 32 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 13 | 8 | 1 | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | 5 | 6 | ... | 2 | 9 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 7 | ... | 3 | 44 | 15 | 156 |
| February | 153 | 141 | 294 | 78 | 60 | 138 | 35 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 48 | 14 | 13 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | 3 | 7 | ... | 2 | 12 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 6 | ... | 2 | 40 | 7 | 138 |
| March | 163 | 169 | 332 | 90 | 93 | 183 | 50 | 45 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 24 | 6 | 3 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 21 | 3 | 6 | .. | 12 | 34 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 54 | 12 | 183 |
| First Quarter | 476 | 462 | 938 | 251 | 226 | 477 | 122 | 101 | 26 | 28 | 149 | 51 | 27 | 4 | ... | 11 | 6 | ... | 29 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 105 | 35 | 25 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 138 | 34 | 477 |
| April | 129 | 158 | 287 | 66 | 72 | 138 | 36 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 15 | 5 | ... | ... | 5 | 3 | ... | 13 | 5 | 2 | ... | 6 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 6 | 138 |
| May | 140 | 139 | 279 | 60 | 61 | 121 | 40 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 5 | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | .. | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 | ... | 5 | 29 | 9 | 121 |
| June | 127 | 135 | 262 | 47 | 73 | 120 | 32 | 41 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 10 | 8 | .. | ... | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 1 | ... | 7 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 9 | 120 |
| Second Quarter | 396 | 432 | 828 | 173 | 206 | 379 | 108 | 113 | 11 | 17 | 94 | 36 | 18 | ... | ... | 14 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 68 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 89 | 24 | 379 |
| July | 160 | 192 | 352 | 62 | 75 | 137 | 34 | 33 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 9 | 15 | 1 | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | 5 | 9 | ... | 3 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 4 | ... | 3 | 35 | 14 | 137 |
| August | 139 | 141 | 280 | 79 | 76 | 155 | 73 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 10 | 10 | .. | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | 34 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 9 | ... | 1 | 24 | 6 | 155 |
| September | 169 | 194 | 363 | 122 | 130 | 252 | 147 | 46 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 9 | 16 | 1 | ... | 3 | 7 | ... | 1 | 7 | ... | 77 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 43 | 6 | ... | ... | 39 | 4 | 252 |
| Third Quarter | 468 | 527 | 995 | 263 | 281 | 544 | 254 | 98 | 19 | 32 | 113 | 28 | 41 | 2 | ... | 12 | 10 | ... | 7 | 20 | ... | 114 | 31 | 54 | 28 | 37 | 67 | 19 | ... | 4 | 98 | 24 | 544 |
| October | 153 | 151 | 304 | 62 | 92 | 154 | 57 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 43 | 14 | 11 | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 9 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 3 | ... | 8 | 49 | 6 | 154 |
| November | 138 | 148 | 286 | 62 | 72 | 134 | 46 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 12 | 6 | ... | ... | 5 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 7 | 134 |
| December | 183 | 181 | 364 | 74 | 100 | 174 | 32 | 39 | 6 | 15 | 61 | 21 | 21 | ... | .. | 8 | 5 | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 36 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 40 | 8 | 174 |
| Fourth Quarter | 474 | 480 | 954 | 198 | 264 | 462 | 135 | 75 | 22 | 40 | 143 | 47 | 38 | ... | ... | 17 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 45 | 91 | 32 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 125 | 21 | 462 |
| TOTAL | 1814 | 1901 | 3715 | 885 | 977 | 1862 | 619 | 387 | 78 | 117 | 499 | 162 | 124 | 6 | ... | 54 | 34 | 2 | 78 | 72 | 13 | 130 | 130 | 318 | 119 | 108 | 100 | 64 | 6 | 54 | 450 | 103 | 1862 |
| Deaths of Inhabitants of St. Paul, Deptford, at outlying Institutions. | ... | ... | ... | 261 | 176 | 437 | 46 | 36 | 9 | 56 | 219 | 71 | 9 | ... | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 87 | 11 | 26 | 26 | 7 | ... | 61 | 141 | 34 | 437 |
| Deaths of Inhabitants of St. Nicholas, Deptford, at outlying Institutions. | ... | ... | ... | 27 | 28 | 55 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 11 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 9 | 21 | 6 | 55 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 1814 | 1901 | 3715 | 1173 | 1181 | 2354 | 671 | 426 | 90 | 177 | 746 | 244 | 136 | 6 | 2 | 61 | 41 | 4 | 78 | 74 | 15 | 138 | 177 | 414 | 131 | 136 | 128 | 71 | 6 | 124 | 612 | 143 | 2354 |
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