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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: Table No. 2.

Table No. 2.

Districts.Population (calcultd.) to the middle of 1898.Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000 including Hospitals and Schools. Greenwich Union and Infirmary.Death-rate per 1,000 excluding Hospitals and Schools, Greenwich Union and Infirmary.Zymotic Death-rate.Infant Mortality.Birth-rate.
Greenwich, East32,106505
„ West22,007362
„ Workhouse1,068502
„ Infirmary528
„ Hospital
Schools1,081325.913.83.25.930.5
Royal Naval College199
Seamen's Hospital255123
Miller „23
Outlying Institutions ...103
Estimated Increase of Population since 18915,198
Total62,4421,62125.913.83.25.930.5

Table: Table No. 3. ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

Table No. 3. ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

1898.Scarlatina.Measles.Whooping Congh.Small Pox.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Fever.Diphtheria.Puerperal Fever.Total.
January...15......1129
February164......1...113
March...86.........2117
April...510...............15
May...52...1......8
June...55...............10
July...12...4...2...9
August......6...43...2...51
September......2...293...34
October2...1...321...9
November............11......2
December......1...431312
33144...851187189
Outlying Institutions1...1......104...16
Grand Total43145...8521127205
Zymotic Death-rate3-2 per 1,000.