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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 1902
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1902
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instituted between them, it will he seen that extreme differences
exist in the various constituent parts of the Borough : —
Percentage
of deaths
under one
year of
age.
Infantile
Mortality
per
1,000
Births.
Zymotic
Death
Rate.
Diarrhoea
Death
Rate.
Consumption
Death
Rate
Districts.
Birth
Rate.
Death
Rate.
121
East Greenwich
30.0
14.06
26%
1.67
0.50
1.05
West Greenwich
21%
0.24
1.35
27.1
17.30
134
1.19
St. Nicholas
35.1
23.59
32%
219
3.06
0.53
1.99
Charlton
25.1
13.59
27%
148
1.17
0.35
1.02
Kidbrooke
5.1
6.14
5%
58
0.61
0.0
0.6
Whole Borough
28.13
15.28
25%
138
1.54
0.40
1.18
Attack Rates of the various notifiable diseases per 1,000 living in the several districts :—
| Districts. | Small-pox. | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Erysipelas. | Typhoid Fever. | Puerperal Fever. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Greenwich | 1.1 | 1.9 | 5.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | – |
| West Greenwich | 0.5 | 2.4 | 5.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.08 |
| St. Nicholas | 1.08 | 1.2 | 6.2 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Charlton | 1.4 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | – |
| Kidbrooke | 0.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 2.1 | – |
| Whole Borough | 1.2 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.05 |
In conclusion, I have again to tender my best thanks to
each and all of the Members of the Council, and the Public
Health Committee in particular, for their continued kindness and
support.
I am, Gentlemen,
Yours respectfully,
Ernest G. Annis.