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9
Public Health and Housing Department,
Royal Hill, Greenwich.
April, 1909.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, 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
of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1908.
The mortality statistics for the year are again of a very
satisfactory character, T'he Birth Rate of 23.36 per 1,000 is
slightly below that of the County of London, which figure was
25.2 per 1,000. The recorded Death Rate of 12.42 per 1,000 of
the estimated population, compares favourably with 13.8 per
1,000, the Death Rate for the County of London, and with 14.9
per 1,000, the figure for the 76 large towns.
Comparing Greenwich with the other Metropolitan Boroughs
according to their corrected Death Rate, which is the fairest
method of comparison, shows that Greenwich has the lowest
Death Rate but 4 amongst the 29 Metropolitan Boroughs. The
4 Boroughs having a better Death Rate than Greenwich being
Hampstead, Lewisham, Woolwich, and Wandsworth. Full
particulars of all the Boroughs, in this respect, are to be found in
the table on page 16.
The Infantile Mortality Rate, for the Borough, measured by
the number of deaths under one year to 1,000 births registered,
was 120, an increase of 17 compared with last year ; the figure for