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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 1909
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1909
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| I. | II. | III. |
|---|---|---|
| Institutions within the District receiving sick and infirm per-sons from outside the District. | Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District. | Other Institutions— the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District. |
| Miller Hospital | Banstead Asylum | II.—continued. |
| Seamen's Hospital | British Home for Incurables, Norwich | Other places at which Greenwich Resi-dents have died, whose deaths have been included and distributed among the respective lo-calities in the District. |
| Camberwell House | ||
| Greenwich Union | Cancer Hospital, Chelsea | |
| Workhouse and Infirmary | Cane Hill Asylum | |
| Caterham Asylum | ||
| Herbert Hospital | Charing Cross Hospital | |
| Chest Hospital, Bethnal Green | ||
| M.A.B. Brook Hospital | Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street | |
| Cottage Hospital, Kidbrooke | Claybury Asylum Dartford Heath Asylum | |
| 34, Albury Street, Deptford | ||
| East London Hospital | ||
| Kidbrooke House Nursing Home | Evelina Hospital | |
| German Hospital, Hackney | ||
| Heart Hospital, Soho | 12, Claremont Terrace, Glasgow | |
| Home for Mothers, Woolwich | ||
| Manna Mead, The Grove | Horton Asylum | 81, High Street, Plumstead |
| King's College Hospital | ||
| Leavesden Asylum | 3, Manor Park, Lee | |
| London Hospital | „ ,,J„ , | |
| Long Grove Asylum | Morocco Wharf, Wapping | |
| Manor Asylum | ||
| National Hospital, Queen Square | Public Highway, Lewisham Road | |
| Park Hospital, Lewisham | River Thames, off Unity Wharf, Poplar | |
| Poplar Hospital | ||
| Peckham House Asylum | ||
| Royal Free Hospital | In a field off Winn Road, Eltliam | |
| St. George's Hospital | ||
| St. John's Hospital | ||
| St. Peter's House, Lambeth | ||
| St. Thomas's Hospital | ||
| South-Eastern Fever Hospital | ||
| Tooting Bee Asylum | ||
| Union Infirmary, Grove Park | ||
| „ ,, Woolwich | ||
| „ Workhouse, Plumstead | ||
| University College Hospital | ||
| Westminster Hospital | ||
| Woolwich Arsenal Hospital | ||
| The Union Workhouse is within the District. | ||
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1909 and Previous Years.
| Greenwich Parish only, from Annual Reports for respective years. | Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institu-tions in the District. | Deaths of Non-residents registered in Public Institu-tions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institu-tions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belong-ing to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | ||||||||||||
| Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
| 1891 | 57344 | 1834 | 32·0 | 257 | 1521 | 26·5 | 609 | ||||||
| 1892 | 58306 | 1763 | 30·2 | 258 | 1447 | 24·8 | 626 | ||||||
| 1893 | 59957 | 1820 | 30·3 | 290 | 1586 | 26·4 | 611 | ||||||
| 1894 | 61205 | 1753 | 28·6 | 229 | 1310 | 21·4 | 594 | ||||||
| 1895 | 62479 | 1787 | 28·6 | 266 | 1497 | 23·9 | 708 | ||||||
| 1896 | 60779 | 1860 | 30·6 | 283 | 1478 | 24·3 | 698 | ||||||
| 1897 | 61697 | 1885 | 30·5 | 293 | 1422 | 23·0 | 687 | ||||||
| 1898 | 62442 | 1907 | 30·5 | 372 | 1621 | 25·9 | 651 | ||||||
| 1899 | 63196 | 1951 | 30·8 | 327 | 1597 | 25·2 | 661 | ||||||
| 1900 | 67304 | 1927 | 28·6 | 308 | 1623 | 24·1 | 617 | ||||||
| Averages for years 1891-1900 | 61470 | 1848·7 | 30·07 | 288 | 1510 | 24·55 | 646 | ||||||
| Whole Borough. | |||||||||||||
| 1901 | 96188 | 2775 | 28·94 | 389 | 140 | 1898 | 19.80 | 786 | 532 | 102 | 1468 | 15·31 | |
| 1902 | 98013 | 2802 | 28·13 | 420 | 149 | 2138 | 21·81 | 876 | 616 | 148 | 1522 | 15·28 | |
| 1903 | 99824 | 2702 | 27·15 | 372 | 137 | 1741 | 17·49 | 778 | 550 | 126 | 1317 | 13·23 | |
| 1904 | 101651 | 2629 | 25·95 | 404 | 154 | 1945 | 19.20 | 864 | 594 | 99 | 1450 | 14·31 | |
| 1905 | 103493 | 2678 | 25·95 | 349 | 130 | 1807 | 17.51 | 835 | 551 | 114 | 1370 | 13·27 | |
| 1906 | 105350 | 2652 | 25·25 | 332 | 125 | 1821 | 17·.34 | 853 | 553 | 137 | 1405 | 13·38 | |
| 1907 | 107222 | 2513 | 23·52 | 291 | 116 | 1803 | 16.93 | 880 | 591 | 129 | 1341 | 12·55 | |
| 1908 | 109110 | 2590 | 23·36 | 349 | 135 | 1819 | 16.41 | 884 | 575 | 133 | 1377 | 12·42 | |
| 1909 | 111014 | 2455 | 22·19 | 293 | 119 | 1715 | 15·.50 | 818 | 512 | 151 | 1354 | 12·24 | |
| *Rates in Columns 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 respect of
the deaths in which corrections have been made is given.
Area of District in acres') Total population at all ages 95,770 At Census
(exclusive of area > 3,849 acres. Number of inhabited bouses. 14,240
covered by water). ) Average number of persons per house 6.7 1901