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Public Health and Housing Department,
Royal Hill, Greenwich.
March, 1905.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit herewith, in accordance with the
requirements of the Local Government Board, the Annual Report
for the Medical Officer of Health, for the year 1904.
The mortality statistics for the year are again of a very
satisfactory character. The Birth Rate of 25.95 per 1,000 is
slightly below that of the County of London as a whole, which is
27 8 per 1,000, this latter figure being 17 below the decennial
average, and in fact, the lowest on record. This rate has been
declining for many years, never having been below 30 per 1,000
until the year 1898; the highest rate (35.9 per 1,000) was
recorded in 1876. The recorded Death Rate of 14.31 per 1,000
of the estimated population, compares favourably with 16.6, the
Death Rate for the County of London, and with 17.24 per 1,000,
the figure for the 76 Large Towns. The County Death Rate was
1.0 per 1,000 above that of 1903, which was the lowest on record,
and is 1.8 below the decennial average. The Greenwich figure of
14.31 per 1,000, is 1.08 above that in 1903, and 0'22 below the
average for the last four years.