Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1918
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Statistical Summary.
Elevation.—Varies from below high-water mark up to 249 feet above sea level. Area of the Borough and Districts—
East Greenwich | 1451.4 acres. |
West Greenwich | 297.8 „ |
St. Nicholas | 112.1 „ |
Charlton and Kidbrooke | 1990.4 „ |
3851.7 „ |
Density of Population
East Greenwich | 29.84 persons per acre. |
West Greenwich | 71.96 |
St. Nicholas | 60.75 „ |
Charlton and Kidbrooke | 9.24 |
Average for the Borough | 23.35 |
Number of Inhabited Houses—
At Census, 1901 | 14,240 |
At Census, 1911 | 14,722 |
Estimated, 1918 | 16,077 |
Number ok Uninhabited Houses—
At Census, 1911 | 803 |
Estimated, 1918 | 223 |
Population—
At Census, 1911 | 95,968 |
Estimated, 1918—For Birth Rate | 100,773 |
„ „ For Death Rate | 89,939 |
Birth Rate, 1918 | 16.88 per 1,000 |
Death Rate, 1918 | 19.16 „ |
(Zymotic) | 1.70 „ |
(Infantile Mortality) | 119 per 1,000 Births. |
Birth Rate, 1918
16.88 per 1,000
Death Rate, 1918
19.16 „
(Zymotic)
1.70 „
(Infantile Mortality)
119 per 1,000 Births.