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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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During the year the Registrar-General has made certain alterations in his system of classification of deaths, in order to bring the same more into line with all other countries. These alterations will be brought into effect in the Annual Report of the current year.
| 1911. | 1911. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Infective Diseases— | Local Diseases—continued. | ||
| Epidemic | 2.58 | Digestive System | 0.68 |
| Sporadic | 0.01 | Lymphatic | 0.02 |
| Venereal | 0.07 | Urinary System | 0.53 |
| Septic | 0.21 | Reproductive System | 0.03 |
| Malarial | 0.01 | Bones and Joints | 0.02 |
| Tuberculosis | 1.65 | Integumentary System | 0.02 |
| Dietic Diseases | 0.53 | External Causes— | |
| Constitutional Diseases | 0.98 | Accidents | 0.59 |
| Developmental Diseases | 2.35 | Homicide | 0.02 |
| Local Diseases— | Suicide | 0.07 | |
| Nervous System | 1.28 | Ill-defined Causes— | |
| Organs of Special Sense | 0.03 | Sudden Death | 0.00 |
| Circulatory System | 1.55 | Other ill-defined and not specified causes | 0.00 |
| Respiratory System | 2.09 | ||
REMARKS ON VARIOUS DEATH CAUSES.
Infective Diseases.
Epidemic. There were 247 deaths due to this class of
diseases, equalling a Death Rate of 2.58 per 1,000; the rate
last year was 1.54, and was 114 and 1.47 in 1909 and 1908
respectively.