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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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The lowest rates of Infantile Mortality amongst the
Metropolitan Boroughs were 78 per 1,000 births in Hampstead,
102 in Stoke Newington, 103 in the City of Westminster,
104 in Lewisham, and 108 in St. Marylebone; whilst the
highest were 146 in Hammersmith, 156 in Finsbury and
Bermondsey, 157 in Poplar, and 170 in Shoreditch.
Locally, the variations were from 42 per 1,000 births
in Kidbrooke, 100 in Charlton, 124 in East Greenwich, 137
in St. Nicholas, and 156 in West Greenwich; the following
table compares at a glance, these figures for the years since the formation of the Borough:—
| District. | Average for five Years, 1901-1905 inclusive. | Average for five Years, 1906-1910 inclusive. | 1910. | 1911. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Greenwich | 129 | 106 | 108 | 124 |
| West „ | 126 | 110 | 121 | 156 |
| St. Nicholas | 179 | 143 | 123 | 137 |
| Charlton | 121 | 109 | 80 | 100 |
| Kidbrooke | 39 | 79 | 63 | 42 |
| Total ... | 131 | 111 | 108 | 129 |
AN ANALYSIS OF DEATH CAUSES.
All death causes are conveniently arranged under various
headings, according to the Registrar-General's classification
of diseases, and the following table, a summary of the larger
table in the Appendix, shows the Death Rates for residents,
and in fact all persons belonging to the Borough (although
some of them may have died in Institutions in other
Boroughs, or even outside the County of London altogether),
per 1,000 of the population living in the Borough.