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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 80 | 80 and upwards. | Scarlatina. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhæa & Dysentery. | Fever. | Phthisis. | Heart and Chest Diseases, beside Phthisis. | Intestinal Affections. | Brain Disease. | Convulsions. | Childbirth and Puerperal Fever. | Old Age. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | All other Diseases. | Inquests. | Total. | |
| January | 70 | 76 | 146 | 62 | 51 | 113 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 64 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ... | 1 | 11 | 32 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ... | 4 | 23 | 12 | 113 | |
| February | 62 | 86 | 148 | 80 | 54 | 134 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 76 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ... | 1 | 16 | 34 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ... | 15 | 21 | 15 | 134 |
| March | 96 | 108 | 204 | 83 | 80 | 163 | 26 | 19 | ... | 19 | 82 | 17 | .. | 8 | 6 | .. | ... | 18 | 40 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 9 | 163 |
| First Quarter | 228 | 270 | 498 | 225 | 185 | 410 | 71 | 47 | 3 | 35 | 222 | 32 | 1 | 15 | 15 | ... | 2 | 45 | 106 | 7 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 31 | ... | 28 | 72 | 36 | 410 |
| April | 78 | 82 | 160 | 59 | 58 | 117 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 61 | 6 | ... | 1 | 10 | ... | ... | 15 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ... | 8 | ... | 5 | 25 | 5 | 117 |
| May | 80 | 60 | 140 | 51 | 37 | 88 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 43 | 8 | ... | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | 16 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | 22 | 3 | 88 |
| June | 55 | 73 | 128. | 55 | 41 | 96 | 16 | 14 | ... | 7 | 56 | 3 | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | . | 20 | 24 | 7 | 4 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 19 | 7 | 96 |
| Second Quarter | 213 | 215 | 428 | 165 | 136 | 301 | 57 | 38 | 3 | 26 | 160 | 17 | .. | 15 | 17 | 1 | ... | 51 | 81 | 10 | 16 | 8 | ... | 16 | ... | 7 | 64 | 15 | 301 |
| July | 79 | 90 | 169 | 53 | 47 | 100 | 24 | 12 | ... | 8 | 48 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | ... | 8 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 5 | ... | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 100 |
| August | 104 | 97 | 201 | 103 | 84 | 187 | 80 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 66 | 7 | ... | ... | 6 | 43 | ... | 17 | 20 | 26 | 5 | 4 | ... | 15 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 187 |
| September | 80 | 66 | 146 | 95 | 69 | 164 | 76 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 65 | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 29 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 5 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | 42 | 7 | 164 |
| Third Quarter | 263 | 253 | 516 | 251 | 200 | 451 | 180 | 43 | 3 | 27 | 179 | 19 | ... | 1 | 10 | 76 | 3 | 37 | 64 | 52 | 31 | 14 | ... | 32 | 4 | 2 | 97 | 28 | 451 |
| October | 66 | 83 | 149 | 72 | 52 | 124 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 62 | 6 | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 2 | ... | 12 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 8 | 124 |
| November | 80 | 65 | 145 | 57 | 44 | 101 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 61 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 7 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 32 | 6 | 101 |
| December | 98 | 73 | 171 | 69 | 62 | 131 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 80 | 9 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 131 |
| Fourth Quarter | 244 | 221 | 465 | 198 | 158 | 356 | 60 | 27 | 8 | 39 | 203 | 19 | 2 | ... | 2 | 8 | 6 | 50 | 72 | 10 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 104 | 17 | 356 |
| Deaths that have occurred in the outlying Institutions during the year 1898 | ... | ... | ... | 70 | 33 | 103 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 56 | 8 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 10 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 13 | ... | ... | 7 | 4 | ... | 22 | 12 | 103 |
| TOTAL | 948 | 959 | 1907 | 909 | 712 | 1621 | 372 | 170 | 20 | 144 | 820 | 95 | 4 | 31 | 45 | 85 | 21 | 196 | 338 | 84 | 124 | 44 | 7 | 121 | 12 | 42 | 359 | 108 | 1621 |