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Greenwich 1904

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1904

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I. Institutions within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District.II. Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District.III. Other Institutions— the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities it the District.
Miller Hospital Seamen's HospitalWoolwich Union Workhouse and InfirmaryCottage Hospital, Kidbrooke
Greenwich Union Workhouse and InfirmaryVarions Hospitals throughout the Metropolis
Herbert Hospital M.A.B. Brook HospitalThe various London County Asylums, &c.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.

Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1904 and Previous Years.

Year.Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the Distract.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.*
12345678910111213
Greenwich Parish only, from Annual Reports for respective years.189157344183432.0257152126.5609
189258306176330.2258144724.8626
189359957182030.3290158626.4611
189461205175328.6229131021.4594
189562479178728.6266149723.9708
189660779186030.6283147824.3698
189761697188530.5293142223.0687
189862442190730.5372162125.9651
189963196195130.8327159725.2661
190067304192728.6308162324.1617
Averages for years 1891-1900614701848.730 07288151024.55646
Whole Borough.
190196188277528.94389140189819.80786532102146815.31
190298013280228.13420149213821.81876616148152215.28
190399824270227.15372137174117.49778550126131713.23
1904101651262925.95394150194519.2086459499145014.31

# 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 cumber 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 district on account of sickness or
infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
Area of District in acres Total population at all ages 95,770 At Census
(exclusive of area 3,849 acres. Number of inhabited houses 14,240 of
covered by water). Average number of persons per house 1901.