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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 1905
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1905
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I. II. III.
| Institutions within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District. | Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District. | Other Institutions— the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District. |
|---|---|---|
| Miller Hospital | Banstead Asylum | II.—continued. |
| Brompton Hospital | ||
| Seamen's Hospital | Camberwell Infirmary | |
| Camberwell House Asylum | ||
| Greenwich Union Workhouse and Infirmary | Cane Hill Asylum | |
| Caterham Asylum | ||
| Charing Cross Hospital | ||
| Children's Hospital, | ||
| Herbert Hospital | Great Ormond Street | |
| Claybury Asylum, L.C.C. | Other places at which Greenwich Residents have died, whose deaths have been included and distributed among the respective localities in the District. | |
| M.A.B. Brook Hospital | Darenth Imbecile Asylum | |
| Dartford Heath Asylum | ||
| Cottage Hospital, | East London Hospital, | |
| Kidbrooke | Shadwell | |
| Epileptic Colony, Epsom | ||
| Kidbrooke House | German Hospital, Hackney | |
| Nursing Home | Gore Farm Temporary Asylum | |
| Guy's Hospital | ||
| Homoeopathic Hospital, | ||
| Midland Railway Wharf, Poplar, E. | ||
| Great Ormond Street | ||
| Horton Asylum, Epsom | ||
| Hospital for Women, | ||
| Scho Square | ||
| Hostel of God | 509, New Cross Road | |
| Ilford Lunatic Asylum, L.C.C. | ||
| King's College Hospital | South-Eastern and Chatham Railway, Kidd Street, Woolwich | |
| Lewisham Infirmary | ||
| London Hospital | ||
| Middlesex Hospital | ||
| Mount Vernon Hospital, | ||
| Hampstead | River Thames, Lawrence Wharf, Rotherhithe | |
| St. Bartholomew's Hospital | ||
| St. George's Hospital | ||
| St. John's Hospital, Lewisham | ||
| St. Luke's House, | 51, Rowallan Road, Fulham | |
| Pembridge Square | ||
| St. Peter's Hospital | ||
| Tooting Bee Asylum | Thames Conservancy Hopper, Woolwich | |
| West London Hospital | ||
| Westminster Hospital | ||
| Woolwich Union Workhouse and Infirmary | 9, Devonshire Street, St. Marylebone |
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1905 and Previous Years,
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | ||||||||||
| Number | Rate.'* | ||||||||||||
| Number | Rate per 1,000 Births registered | Number | Rate.* | ||||||||||
| Greenwich Parish only, from Annual Reports for respective years. | 1891 | 57344 | 1834 | 32·0 | 257 | 1521 | 26·5 | 609 | |||||
| 1892 | 58306 | 1763 | 30·2 | 258 | 1447 | 24·8 | 626 | ||||||
| 1893 | 59957 | 1820 | 30 ·3 | 290 | 1586 | 264 | 611 | ||||||
| 1894 | 61205 | 1753 | 28·6 | 229 | 1310 | 21·4 | 594 | ||||||
| 1895 | 62479 | 1787 | 28·6 | 266 | 1497 | 23·9 | 708 | ||||||
| 1896 | 60779 | 1860 | 30·6 | 283 | 1478 | 24·3 | 698 | ||||||
| 1897 | 61697 | 1885 | 30·5 | 293 | 1422 | 23·0 | 687 | ||||||
| 1898 | 62442 | 1907 | 30·5 | 372 | 1621 | 25·9 | 651 | ||||||
| 1899 | 63196 | 1951 | 30·8 | 327 | 1597 | 25·2 | 661 | ||||||
| 1900 | 67304 | 1927 | 28·6 | 308 | 1623 | 24·1 | 617 | ||||||
| Averages for years 1891-1900 | 61470 | 1848·7 | 30·07 | 288 | 1510 | 24·55 | 646 | ||||||
| Whole Borough. | |||||||||||||
| 1901 | 96188 | 28·94 | 389 | 140 | 1898 | 19·80 | 780 | 532 | 102 | 1468 | 15·31 | ||
| 1902 | 98013 | 2802 | 28·13 | 420 | 149 | 2138 | 21·81 | 870 | 616 | 148 | 1522 | 15·28 | |
| 1903 | 99824 | 2702 | 27·15 | 372 | 137 | 1741 | 17·49 | 778 | 550 | 126 | 1317 | 13·23 | |
| 1904 | 101651 | 2629 | 25·95 | 404 | 154 | 1945 | 19·20 | 864 | 594 | 99 | 1450 | 14·31 | |
| 1905 | 103493 | 2678 | 25·95 | 349 | 130 | 1807 | 17·51 | 835 | 551 | 114 | 1370 | 13·27 | |
* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
The deaths included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered during the year as having actually occurred within
the district or division. The deaths included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in
Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public
institutions there; and by the term "Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the distrint on accoun of sickness or
infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
Area of District in acres}
(exclusive of area} 3,849 acres,
covered by water).}
Total population at all ages 95,770} At Census
Number of inhabited houses. 14,240} of
Average number of persons per house 6·7 } 1901