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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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In conclusion, I have to thank the Public Health Committee
and Council for the kindness and consideration with which they
have regarded my endeavours to carry out the duties of Medical
Officer of Health and Tuberculosis Officer, and I have also to
express my appreciation of the manner in which the members of
the Stall have performed their duties throughout the past year.
I am, Gentlemen,
Yours respectfully,
E. G. ANNIS.
VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS, 1917.
POPULATION.
The number of persons estimated to be living at the middle
of 1918 was 100,773 for the Birth Rate, and 89,939 for the Death
Rate.
The distribution of the population throughout the Borough is as follows:—
| Census, 1911. | Estimated Population at middle of year 1918. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Calculated on | |||
| Death Rate. | Birth Rate. | ||
| East Greenwich | 45,960 | 43,303 | 48,519 |
| West Greenwich | 22,933 | 21,430 | 24,004 |
| St. Nicholas | 7,290 | 6,811 | 7,632 |
| Charlton | 16,901 | 15,720 | 17,622 |
| Kidbrooke | 2,875 | 2,675 | 2,996 |
| Total | 95,968 | 89,939 | 100,773 |
MARRIAGES.
The Superintendent-Registrar of the Greenwich Registration
District has kindly furnished hie with the particulars relating to
the number of marriages solemnized in the Parishes of Greenwich
and St. Nicholas. The Superintendent-Registrar for the
Woolwich Registration District has also kindly supplied the particulars
for the Parishes of Charlton and Kidbrooke, with the
exception, in these latter particulars, that the marriages performed
in the Woolwich Superintendent-Registrar's Office and in Chapels
in Charlton and Kidbrooke, of residents in those Parishes, are
not included.