London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1908
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1908
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London as a whole was 116, and the Borough average during the
last five years, 1903-1907, inclusive, 123.
The Zymotic Death Rate of 1.16 per 1,000 is .19 per 1,000
below the County average, viz., 1.35 per 1,000, and is 0.23 per
1,000 below the corresponding figure for last year.
The figures relating to the different constituent parts of the Borough are as follows
| Districts. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate. | Percentage of deaths under one year of age. | Infantile Mortality per 1.600 Births. | Zymotic Death Rate. | Diarrhoea ConDeath sumption Rate. Death Rate. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Greenwich | 25.14 | 12.05 | 23.11 | 111 | 1.20 | 0.34 | 1.22 |
| West Greenwich | 23.28 | 13.37 | 19.28 | 111 | 1.07 | 0.37 | 0.96 |
| St. Nicholas | 29.98 | 16.53 | 23.57 | 130 | 1.53 | 0 .59 | 2.01 |
| Charlton | 19.86 | 11.96 | 25.60 | 154 | 1.24 | 0.81 | 0.91 |
| Kidbrooke | 4.49 | 3.93 | 14.29 | 125 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.56 |
| Whole Borough | 23.36 | 12.42 | 23.51%. | 120 | 1.16 | 0.44 | 1.14 |
Attack Rates of the various notifiable diseases per 1,000 living in the several districts :—
| Districts. | Small-pox. | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Erysipelas. | Typhoid fever. | Puerperal Fever. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Greenwich | .00 | 2.65 | 3.75 | 0.40 | 0.36 | 0.02 |
| West Greenwich | .00 | 1.66 | 4.09 | 1.33 | 0.18 | 0.04 |
| St. Nicholas | .00 | 1.65 | 4.49 | 3.78 | 0.83 | 0.00 |
| Charlton | .00 | 0.91 | 3.06 | 0.53 | 0.10 | 0.00 |
| Kidbrooke | .00 | 2.53 | 5.34 | 0.28 | 0.56 | 0.00 |
| Whole Borough | .00 | 1.89 | 3.82 | 0.90 | 0.31 | 0.02 |
During the latter part of the year the Department has
sustained a great loss in the decease of Mr. Harland, who for
some 25 years past has discharged the duties of Public
Analyst to this Borough and district.
I think the fact that never since the Borough was formed has
his attendance at Police Court in a case of adulteration under the
Food and Drugs Acts been required either by the prosecution or
defence in connection with any of the certificates of analysis