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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 1918
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1918
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The Birth Rate for the County of London equals 16.1 per
1,000 of the population. It varied from 7.3 in the City of London,
10.3 in the City of Westminster, to 21.7 in Lambeth. The Birth
Rate for all England and Wales was 17.7.
Under the provisions of the Notifications of Births Act, 1907,
intimations have been received from medical men, parents, and
others, with respect to 1,735 births.
DEATHS.
The total number of deaths registered during 1918 was 1,718,
of which 895 were males and 823 females. The crude Death Rate
for the Borough of 1916 per 1,000 compares with 18.9, the Death
Rate for the County of London, and 18.2 the Death Rate for the
large towns.
Locally the Death Rate varied from 26.03 in West Greenwich,
24.45 in St. Nicholas, 20.42 in Charlton, 16.01 in East Greenwich,
to 10.50 in Kidbrooke.
The following table shows the variation in, and average of, the Death Rates in each of the five Districts of the Borough in the live years, 1913 to 1917, compared with the figures for 1918:—
| District. | 1913. | 1914. | 1915. | 1916. | 1917. | Average for Five Years. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Greenwich | 12.46 | 12.87 | 13.57 | 12.57 | 14.05 | 13.11 |
| West „ | 18.81 | 18.61 | 19.62 | 19.93 | 19.55 | 18.83 |
| St. Nicholas | 18.78 | 18.73 | 26.52 | 22.44 | 26.07 | 22.63 |
| Charlton | 12.75 | 11.83 | 17.56 | 13.66 | 13.50 | 13.63 |
| Kidbrooke | 6.55 | 27.42 | 43.41 | 8.57 | 6.71 | 19.24 |
| Borough | 14.31 | 14.95 | 17.56 | 15.14 | 15.96 | 15.47 |