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Greenwich 1910

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1910

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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
Manna Mead, The Grove

Table: III.

III.

Other Institutions— the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District.
11.—continued.
Other places at which Greenwich Residents have died, whose deaths have been included and distributed among the respective localities in the District.
20, Blessington Road, Lee
7, Colosseum Terrace, St. Paucras
12, Beaumont Street, Marylebone
49, Beaumont Street, Marylebone
Rotherhithe Tunnel, Shadwell
14, Pembridge Square
125, Abbey Wood Road
Public Highway, Cranbrook Road

Table: II.

II.

Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District.
Banstead Asylum
Bromley Hill (The Hydro)
Brompton Hospital
Cane Hill Asylum
Caterham Asylum
Charing Cross Hospital
Chelsea Hospital for Women
Children's Infirmary, Carshalton
City of London Asylum
Cottage Hospital
Dartford Heath Asylum
East London Hospital
Evelina Hospital
Grove Park Workhouse
Guy's Hospital
Hanwell Asylum
Horton Asylum
Hostel of God, Clapham
Italian Hospital
Leavesden Asylum
Lewisham Infirmary
Long Grove Asylum
Manor Asylum
Middlesex Hospital
Mount Vernon Hospital, Hampstead
Plum stead Infirmary
Royal Arsenal Hospital
„ Free Hospital
,, Hospital,
Waterloo Road Shoreditch Infirmary
South-Eastern Hospital
St. John's Hospital, Lee
St. Mark's Hospital, City Road
St. Peter's Hospital
St. Peter's House,Kennington
St. Thomas's Hospital
Tooting Bee Asylum
University College Hospital
West London Hospital
Woolwich Infirmary

Table: METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1910 and Previous Years.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1910 and Previous Years.

Year.Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Total Deaths in Pcblic 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.
Number.Rate.*
Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
Number.Rate per 1,000 Births registered.Number.Rate.*Number.Rate.*
12345678910111213
Greenwich Parish only, from Annual Reports for respective years.18915734418343202571521265609
1892583061763302258144724-8626
18935995718203032901586264611
18946120517532862291310214594
18956247917872862661497239708
189660779186030'6283147824-3698
18976169718853052931422230687
18986244219073053721621259651
1899631961951308327159725-2661
19006730419272863081623241617
Averages for years 1891-1900614701848730 07288151024-55646
Whole Borough.
190196188277528.9438914018981980786532102146815.31
190298013280228.13420149213821.81876616148152215.28
190399824270227.15372137174117.49778550126131713.23
1904101651262925.95404154194519.2086459499145014.31
1905103493267825.95349130180717.51835551114137013.27
1906105350265225.25332125182117.34853553137140513.38
1907107222251323.52291116180316.93880591129134112.55
1908109110259023.36349135181916.41884575133137712.42
1909111014245522.19293119171515.50818512151135412.24
1910112935241021.41261108171615.14831555128128911.45

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* 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 iu 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 iustitutious" to be taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those iuto 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 iu which corrections have been made is given.
Area of District in acres
(exclusive of area 3,849 acres.
covered by water).
Total population at all ages. 95,770 At Census
Number of inhabited houses 14,240 of
Average number of persons per house 6.7 1901