London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1915
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1915
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The following table gives the number and character of the
intimations respecting births in the Borough since the adoption
of the Notification of Births Act, 1907:—
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907.
| 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | 1915. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Births notified in each year since adoption | 1,228 | 2,663 | 2,553 | 2,450 | 2,623 | 2,513 | 2,280 |
| (a) Attended by Midwives | 642 | 1,298 | 1,282 | 1,412 | 1,340 | 1,338 | 1,226 |
| (b) Attended by Doctors | 586 | 1,365 | 1,271 | 1,038 | 1,283 | 1,175 | 1,054 |
| Number of Still Births notified in each year | 16 | 51 | 24 | 71 | 53 | 36 | 42 |
| Number of Births registered in each year | 2,492 | 2,457 | 2,381 | 2,393 | 2,545 | 2,409 | 2,347 |
The rates of Infantile Mortality varied amongst the Metropolitan
Boroughs from 92 in Westminster to 133.98 at Poplar.
For all London the rate was 112 in 1915, compared with 104
in 1914 and 105 in 1913. For England and Wales the rate was
110, compared with 105 in 1914, 109 in 1913 and 95 in 1912.
Locally, the variations were from Nil per 1,000 births in
Kidbrooke, 71 in Charlton, 85 in East Greenwich, 119 in West
Greenwich, and 192 in St. Nicholas. The following table compares
at a glance these figures for the years since the formation
of the Borough:—