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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 1904
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1904
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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. SUMMARY RETURN OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS
| DISTRICTS. | Census Population, 1901. | Estimated Population at the middle of the Year 1904. | Births Registered during the 13 weeks ended 31st December, 1904. | Deaths registered during the 13 weeks ended 31st December, 1904. | AGE MORTALITY. | SEVEN ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | Phthisis. | All other forms of Tuberculosis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Cancer. | All other Diseases. | Rate ok Mortality per 1,000. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year. | Over 1 and under 5 years. | Persons aged 65 years and upwards. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fevers. | All Causes. | Seven Zymotics. | |||||||||||||||||
| During the corresponding period year previous. | During thel3 weeks ended 31st December, 1904. | During the cones-ponding period year previous. | During the 13weeks ended 31st December, 1904. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typhoid. | Puerperal. | Diarrhoea. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Greenwich East | 43859 | 46552 | 197 | 148 | 82 | 75 | 33 | 10 | 37 | i | i | 3 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 11 | 73 | 15. 26 | 13.53 | 1.32 | 0. 60 | ||||
| Do. West ...... | 23456 | 24896 | 78 | 76 | 55 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 37 | i | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 47 | 17.96 | 16.93 | 1.98 | 0 .81 | ||||
| St. Nicholas, Deptford ... | 7321 | 7771 | 34 | 28 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 11 | i | 2 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 22 .95 | 23.24 | 0.53 | 1. 55 | |||||||
| Charlton | 18065 | 19167 | 46 | 37 | 32 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | i | i | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 983 | 11 93 | 1 46 | 063 | |||||
| Kidbrooke | 3069 | 3265 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 248 | 615 | |||||||||||||||
| Miller Hospital— Residents | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-Residents | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Seamen's Hospital— | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-Residents | 30 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Greenwich Union— Workhouse and Infirmary Residents ... | 64 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 40 | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Residents | 50 | 5 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Herbert Hospital— Residents Non-Residents | 1 8 | 1 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| M.A.B. Brook Hospital— Residents | 5 | I | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-Residents | 56 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cottage Hospital,Kidbrooke Residents | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-Residents | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Outside Institutions— Residents | 23 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ... | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Borough | 95770 | 101651 | 360 | 290 | 195 | 174 | 74 | 23 | 99 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 10 | 78 | 37 | 24 | 162 | ||||||
| Rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population | 25.66 | 14.57 | 0.16 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 1.58 | 0.39 | 3.08 | 1.46 | 0.95 | 6.39 | 15.01 | 14.57 | 1.41 | 0.71 | |||||||||
Deaths of Children under one year per 1,000 births ... ... ... 114
(previous corresponding^
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„ „ ,, „ County of London ... 128
Death Rate of 76 large English Towns .... 17'5 ; of tho County of London ... 16'4
Death Rate (Zymotic) „ ... 1*57 „ „ ... 104
Birth Rate „ ... 281 ,, ,, ... 272