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10
Public Health and Housing Department,
Royal Hill, Greenwich,
May, 1913.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit herewith, in accordance with the
requirements of the Local Government Board, the Annual Report
of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1912.
The Mortality Statistics for the year are, on the whole, somewhat
better than for 1911, but, at the same time, a similar improvement
has been general throughout London, and, accordingly, our
comparative position remains the same. The Birth Rate is 25·01
per 1,000 for Greenwich and 24·7 for the whole of the County of
London. The recorded Death Rate of 13·20 per 1,000 of the estimated
population, being only just under 13·6 per 1,000, the Death
Rate for the County of London, and 13·8 per 1,000, the figure for
the 95 large towns.
The Death Rate for Greenwich corrected according to difference
of age and sex constitution in the population, as revealed by
the recent Census enumeration, equals 12·9 per 1,000.
Comparing Greenwich with the other Metropolitan Boroughs
according to their corrected Death Rate, which is the fairest method
of comparison, shows that Greenwich has the lowest Death Rate
but 9 amongst the 29 Metropolitan Boroughs. The 9 Boroughs
having a better Death Rate than Greenwich being Hampstead,
Lewisham, Wandsworth, Stoke Newington, Woolwich, Paddington,
Camberwell, Hackney, Battersea.
Comparing our relative position with that of last year it will
be seen that we occupy exactly the same place among the other
Metropolitan Boroughs in regard to our corrected Death Rate,