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Greenwich 1908

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1908

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Table: I.

I.

Institutions within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District.
Miller Hospital
Seamen's Hospital
Greenwich Union Workhouse and Infirmary
Herbert Hospital
M.A.B. Brook Hospital
Cottage Hospital, Kidbrooke
Kidbrooke House Nursing Home

Table: III.

III.

Other Institutions— the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District.
II.—continued.
Other places at which Greenwich Residents have died, whose deaths have been included and distributed among the respective localities in the District.
10, Comet Street, Deptford
Dutch Church, Austin Friars
Empire Music Hall, New Cross Road
58, Gloucester Place, St. Marylebone
Grand Surrey Canal, Deptford
Public Highway— Park Place, Eltham
Northern Pontoon, Free Ferry, Woolwich
River Thames, off Ludgeon's Wharf Purfleet Rotherhithe Woolwich
St. Luke's House, Pembridge Square
South-Eastern and Chatham Railway Station, New Cross
The Terrace, Camden Square

Table: II.

II.

Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District.
Alexandra Hospital
Banstead Asylum
Bethlem Hospital
Brompton Hospital
Cane Hill Asylum
Caterham Asylum
Charing Cross Hospital
Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street
City of London Asylum
Claybury Asylum
Colney Hatch Asylum
Dartford Heath Asylum
East London Hospital
Epileptic Colony, Epsom
Evelina Hospital
Friedenheim Hospital
German Hospital
Guy's Hospital
Horton Asylum
King's College Hospital
Leavesden Asylum
London Hospital
Long Grove Asylum
Middlesex Hospital
Mildmay Mission Hospital
National Hospital, Queen Square
Poplar Hospital
Queen Charlotte's Hospital
lioyal Free Hospital
St. George's Hospital
St. John's Hospital
St. Peter's Hospital
St. Thomas's Hospital
Union Infirmary, Hackney
„ ,, Strand
„ ,, Woolwich
University College Hospital
Westminster Hospital
Woolwich Cottage Hospital

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The Union Workhouse is within the District.

Table: METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1908 and Previous Years,

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1908 and Previous Years,

Year.Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.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.
NumberRate.*Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.Number.
Number.Rate per 1,000 Births registered.Number.Rate.*
12345678910111213
Greenwhich parish only, from Annuyal Reports for respective years.18915734418343202571521265609
1892583061763302258144724-8626
18935995718203032901586264611
1894612051753286229131021-4594
18956247917872862661497239708
1896607791860306283147824-3698
18976169718853052931422230687
18986244219073053721621259651
1899631961951308327159725-2661
19006730419272863081623241617
Averages for years 1891-1900614701848.730.0728815102455646
Whole Borough.
19019618827752894389140189819.80786532102146815.31
19029801328022813420149213821.81876616148152215.28
19039982427022715372137174117.49778550126131713.23
1904101651262925-95404154194519.2086459499145014.31
190510349326782595349130180717.51835551114137013.27
190610535026522525332125182117.34853553137140513.38
190710722225132352291116180316.93880591129134112.55
190810911025902336349 1135181916.41884575133137712.42

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*Rates in Column's 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths to be 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 to be included in Column 12 are the number 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.
The "Public institutions" to be taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those into which persons are habitually
received on account of sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses, and lunatic asylums. A list of the Institutions in respecet of
the deaths in which corrections have been made is given.
Area of District in acres
(exclusive of area
covered by water).
3,849 acres.
Total population at all ages 95,770
Number of inhabited houses 14,240
Average number of persons per house 6 7.
At Census
of
1901