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Greenwich 1913

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1913

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Table: METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1913 and Previous Years,

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.

Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1913 and Previous Years,

I.II.III.
Institutions within the District receiving. sick and infirm persons from outside the District.Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District.Other Institutions— the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District.
Miller HospitalBanstead AsylumBostal Heath
Belmont Workhouse9, Clarendon Road,
Seamen's HospitalBethnal Green WorkhouseReigate
Camberwell House AsylumCommercial Road,
Greenwich Union Workhouse and InfirmaryCancer Hospital, ChelseaPimlico
Cane Hill AsylumCustoms House
Caterham AsylumEvion Villa,
Herbert HospitalCharing Cross HospitalRochford
Chest Hospital, Bethnal GreenFitzroy Square
Children's Hospital,Gatliff Wharf
M.A.B. Brook HospitalGreat Ormond Street49, George Street,
Claybury AsylumHastings
Cottage Hospital,Colney Hatch AsylumGlover's Farm
KidbrookeCottage Hospital, Shooters HillCottages, Bexhill
Dartford Heath AsylumHigh Street,
Kidbrooke HouseDowns SanatoriumEastry
Nursing HomeEast London HospitalKing's College
Epileptic Colony, EpsomHospital
Manna Mead,Essex County Asylum3, Manor Park
The GroveEvelina Hospital2, Marmont Road,
Fountain AsylumPeckham
German HospitalConnaught Road
Guy's HospitalNursing Home,
Holloway Sanatorium, VirginiaCambridge Street,
WaterNorwich
Horton AsylumOrchardleigh,
Hospital for Women, SohoPaignton
Infants' Hospital, Vincent SquareBarnet Military
Kent County Lunatic AsylumBarracks, Barnet
Lewisham Infirmary107, Plumstead
London HospitalRoad
Middlesex HospitalPublic Highway,
Northern HospitalHigh Street,
Park HospitalPlumstead
Plumstead InfirmaryRedbraes, London
Queen's HospitalStreet, Guildford
Royal Sea Bathing Hospital,MargateRiver Thames, off
Royal Waterloo HospitalDenton, Strood
Salvation Army Maternity Home,River Thames, off
HackneyWaterloo Pier
Seamen's Hospital, West HamSalvation Army
South.Eastern HospitalNursing Home
Southern Hospital, Gore FarmS.M. Gas Works,
St. Bartholomew's HospitalOld Kent Road
St. Catherine's Hospital, Ramsgate24, Upper Dumpton
St. John's HospitalPark Road,
St. Mark's HospitalRamsgate
St. Peter's Hospital
St. Thomas's Hospital
Tooting Bee Asylum
West Ham Hospital
Woolwich Infirmary

Table: METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1913 and Previous Years,

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.

Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1913 and Previous Years,

Year.Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths registered in the district.Transferable Deaths.Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
Uncorrected Number.Nett.At all Ages.Deaths of Nonresidents registered in the District.Deaths of Residents not registered in the District.Under 1 Year of Age.tinder 1 Year of AgeAt all Ages.
Number.Rate per 1,000 Births registered.Number.Rate per 1,000 Nett Births.Number.Rate.*
Number.Kate.*Number.Rate.*
1234567899a9B9c10111213
Greenwich Parish only, from Annual Reports for respective years.18915734418343201521265609257
1892583061763302144724.8626258
1893599571820303158626.4611290
1894612051753286131021.4594229
189562479178728.6149723.9708266
1896607791860306147824.3698283
189761697188530.51422230687293
18986244219073051621259651372
18996319619513081597252661327
190067304192728.61623241617308
Averages for years 1891.190061470184873007151024.55646288
Whole Borough.
190196188277528.94189819.80532102786389140146815.31
19029801328022813213821.81616148876420149152215.28
1903998242702271517411749550126778372137131713.23
1904101651262925.95194519.2059499864404154145014.31
1905103493267825.95180717.51551114835349130137013.27
19061053502652252518211734553137853332125140513.38
1907107222251323.5218031693591129880291116134112.55
190810911025902336181916.41575133884349135137712.42
190911101424552219171515.50512151818293119135412.24
19101129352410214117161514555128831261108128911.45
Averages for years 1901.1910104480262125.18184017.71563126840346131138913.34
1911959822381238124.89184419.28575152911361151306129142114.86
1912959922367239325.01168717635711478912309620084126313.20
1913960152528254526.09182818.7460i170943307116263103139614.31

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* Rates in Columns 5, 7, and 13 calcukted per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths to be included in Column 6 of this table are the whole of those registered during the year as having actually
occurred within the district or division. The deaths to be inclined in Column 12 are the number in Column 6, corrected by the
subtraction of the number in Column 8 and the addition of the number in Column 9.
By the term "Non.residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public
institutions there ; and by the term "Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or
infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
The "Public institutions" to be taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those into which persons are habitually
received on account of sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses, and lunatic asylums. A list of the Institutions in respect of
the deaths in which corrections have been made is given.
Area of District in acres
(exclusive of area
covered by water)
3,849 acres.
Total population at all ages 95,908
Number of inhabited houses 14,722
Average number of persons per house 6.52
At Census
of
1911