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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 1912
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1912
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so that, as stated above, although we have slightly improved,
yet this improvement has been general throughout London, and,
accordingly, our comparative position remains the same.
Full particulars of all the Boroughs in this respect are to be
found in the table on pages 18 and 19.
The Infantile Mortality Rate for the Borough measured by
the number of deaths under one year to 1,000 births registered
was 84, a decrease of 45 compared with last year; the figure for
London as a whole was 91, and the Borough average during the
last five years, 1907-11, inclusive, 114.
The Zymotic Death Rate of 1.21 is 1.26 per 1,000 below the
corresponding figure for last year.
This decrease in the Zymotic Death Kate is practically all
accounted for by the fewer number of deaths from Diarrhœa in
Greenwich during this 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. | Diarrhœa Death Rate. | con sumption Death Rate. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Greenwich | 24·17 | 11·99 | 15·5 | 78 | 1·00 | 0·30 | 1·17 |
| West Greenwich | 26·09 | 15·03 | 14·00 | 81 | 1·23 | 0·35 | 2·12 |
| St. Nicholas | 31·81 | 22·86 | 22·2 | 160 | 3·31 | 0·96 | 2·62 |
| Charlton | 25·63 | 10·88 | 15·4 | 65 | 0·98 | 0·12 | 0·75 |
| Kidbrooke | 4·92 | 5·63 | 0·00 | — | 0·35 | — | 0·35 |
| Whole Borough | 25·01 | 13·20 | 15·8 | 84 | 1·21 | 0·32 | 1·41 |
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 | 3·37 | 4·52 | 0·61 | 0·11 | 0·65 |
| West Greenwich | ·00 | 2·51 | 4·76 | 1·59 | 0·04 | 0·04 |
| St. Nicholas | ·00 | 1·38 | 3·17 | 3·31 | 0·41 | 0·00 |
| Charlton | ·00 | 1·16 | 4·69 | 0·23 | 0·12 | 0·06 |
| Kidbrooke | ·00 | 4·22 | 5·28 | 1·06 | — | — |
| Whole Borough | ·00 | 2·66 | 4·55 | 9·93 | 0·12 | 0·05 |
It is very gratifying to be able to place on record that the
chief outstanding need of the Borough, which has been mentioned
for some years past, that is, the necessity for adopting definite