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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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London as a whole was 108, and the Borough average during the
last five years, 1904.1908, inclusive, 121.
The Zymotic Death Rate of 0.99 per 1,000 is .32 per 1,000
below the County average, viz., 1.31 per 1,000, and is 0.17 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 1,000 Births. | Zymotic Death Rate. | Diarrhoea Death Rate. | Con.sumption Death Rate. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Greenwich | 22.80 | 11.90 | 19 07 | 100 | 103 | 0.30 | 0.97 |
| West Greenwich | 24.36 | 13.43 | 17.58 | 97 | 0.74 | 0.18 | 1.03 |
| St. Nicholas | 28.50 | 17.38 | 21.09 | 129 | 2.01 | 0.71 | 1.89 |
| Charlton | 18.31 | 10.69 | 17.93 | 105 | 1.01 | 0.38 | 0.81 |
| Kidbrooke | 4.78 | 4.78 | 5.88 | 59 | 0 00 | , Nil. | 0.56 |
| Whole Borough.. | 22.19 | 12.24 | 18.53 | 102 | 0 99 | 0.31 | 1.01 |
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 | .02 | .08 | .02 | .02 | .06 |
| West Greenwich . | . 00 | .11 | .07 | .00 | .04 | .04 |
| St. Nicholas | .00 | .12 | .00 | .00 | .12 | .00 |
| Charlton | .00 | .10 | •10 | .00 | .00 | .00 |
| Kidbrooke .. . | .00. | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 |
| Whole Borough . | .00. | .06 | .07 | .01 | .03 | .04 |
In conclusion, I have again to tender my best thanks to
each and all Members of the Council, and the Public Health
Committee in particular, for their continued kindness and
support, and also to the Members of the Staff for the manner
in which their duties have been performed.
I am, Gentlemen,
Yours respectfully,
ERNEST G. ANNIS.