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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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During last year the Registrar-General 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
are brought into effect in the Annual Report of the current year.

Table: During last year the Registrar-General 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 are brought into effect in the Annual Report of the current year.

During last year the Registrar-General 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 are brought into effect in the Annual Report of the current year.

1912.1912.
Infective Diseases—Local Diseases—continued.
Epidemic1·26Digestive System0·49
Sporadic0·01Lymphatic0·00
Venereal0·09Urinary System0·46
Septic0·07Reproductive System0·07
Malarial0·08Bones and Joints0·02
Tuberculosis1·80Integumentary System0·05
Dietic Diseases0·04External Causes—
Constitutional Diseases1·12
Developmental Diseases2·27Accidents0·44
Homicide0·05
Local Diseases—Suicide0·07
Nervous System0·99Ill-defined Causes—
Organs of Special Sense0·01Sudden Death0·00
Circulatory System1·57Other ill-defined and not specified causes0·00
Respiratory System2·28

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REMARKS ON VARIOUS DEATH CAUSES.
Infective Diseases.
Epidemic. There were 121 deaths due to this class of diseases,
equalling a Death Rate of 1.26 per 1,000; the rate last year
was 2.58, and was 1.54 and 1.14 in 1910 and 1909 respectively.
Zymotic. The purely Zymotic class of epidemic diseases
is credited with causing a total of 116 deaths, equalling a Death
Rate of 1.21 per 1,000.