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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 1911
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1911
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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
II.
Institutions outside
the District receiving
sick and infirm
persons from the
District.
Banstead Asylum
Broadmoor Asylum
Brompton Hospital
Cane Hill Asylum
Caterham Asylum
Children's Hospital,
Great Ormond Street
Claybnry Asylum
Colney Hatch Asylum
Darenth Asylum
Dartford Heath Asylum
East London Hospital
Evelina Hospital
German Hospital
Grove Park Workhouse
Guy's Hospital
Hackney Hospital
Hants County Lunatic Asylum
Home for Sick Children,
Sydenham Road
Hoxton Asylum
King's College Hospital
Lewisham Union Infirmary
London Hospital
Long Grove Asylum
London Lock Hospital,
Harrow Road
Maidstone Lunatic Asylum
Middlesex Hospital
Peckham House
Plum stead Infirmary
Queen Mary's Hospital,
Carshalfcon
Seaford Convalescent Hospital
South-Eastern Hospital
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
St. John's Hospital
St. Monica's Home,
Brondesbury Park
St. Thomas's Home
St. Thomas's Hospital
Western Hospital
West London Hospital
Woodside Home, Whetstone
Woolwich Infirmary
III.
Other Institutions—
the deaths in which
have been distributed
among the
several localities in
the District.
41, Beaumont Street,
Marylebone
190,Camberwell Road
Canal, Milton-nextGravesend
Field, Harden's
Manorway
Higham, Lane,
Hadlow, Tonbridge
Jarrow's Yard,
Manchester Road,
Poplar
3, King Stephen Rd.,
Colchester
H.M. Prison, Brixton
H.M. Prison,
Wandsworth
170, Powis Street
River Med way
(Wateringbury)
River Thames (Kew)
" Stoneleigh,"
Clifton Parade,
Southend
Tilford House,
Tarring Road,
Worthing
Woolwich Road,
Woolwich
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1911 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. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Bate.* | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | ||||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
| Greenwich Parish only, from Annual Reports for respective years. | 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 | 259 | 651 | ||||||
| 1899 | 63196 | 1951 | 30.8 | 327 | 1597 | 25.2 | 661 | ||||||
| 1900 | 67304 | 1927 | 28.6 | 308 | 1623 | 24.1 | 617 | ||||||
| Averages | |||||||||||||
| for years | 61470 | 1848.7 | 30.07 | 288 | 1510 | 24.55 | 646 | ||||||
| 1891.1900 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | |
| 1910 | 112935 | 2410 | 21.41 | 261 | 108 | 1716 | 15.14 | 831 | 555 | 128 | 1289 | 11.45 | |
| 1911 | 95982 | 2381 | 24.89 | 361 | 151 | 1844 | 19.28 | 911 | 575 | 152 | 1421 | 14.86 | |
* 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
(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