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 1922
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For the whole of London the rate was 74 in 1922, compared
with 80 in 1921, 75 in 1920 and 85 in 1919. For England and Wales
the rate was 77, compared with 83 in 1921, 80 in 1920 and 93 in 1919.
Locally, the variations were from 10 per 1,000 births in Kidbrooke,
46 in East Greenwich, 63 in West Greenwich, 74 in Charlton,
to 81 in St. Nicholas. The following table compares at a glance
these figures for the vears since the formation of the Borough :—
The following table compares at a glance these figures for the years since the formation of the Borough :-
District. | Average for five years, 1901-1905. inclusive. | Average for five years, 1906-1910, inclusive. | Average for five years, 1911-1915. inclusive. | Average for five years, 1916-1920. inclusive. | 1921. | 1922. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Greenwich | 129 | 106 | 96 | 81 | 61 | 46 |
West Greenwich | 126 | 110 | 112 | 110 | 87 | 63 |
St. Nicholas, Deptford | 179 | 143 | 167 | 138 | 91 | 81 |
Charlton | 121 | 109 | 76 | 89 | 86 | 74 |
Kidbrooke | 39 | 79 | 16 | 39 | 15 | 10 |
Borough | 131 | 111 | 103 | 95 | 73 | 56 |
ANALYSIS OF DEATH CAUSES.
Adopting the Registrar-General's classification of diseases, the following table shows the Death Rates for all persons belonging to the Borough per 1,000 of the population living in the Borough.
1922. | 1922. | ||
---|---|---|---|
Infective Diseases— | Local Diseases—continued. | ||
Epidemic | 1.34 | Circulatory System | 1.36 |
Sporadic | — | Respiratory System | 2.91 |
Venereal | 0.01 | Digestive System | 0.45 |
Septic | 0.07 | Lymphatic System | 0.03 |
Malarial | 0.01 | Urinary System | 0.32 |
Tuberculosis | 1.38 | Reproductive System | 0.05 |
Parasitic Diseases | — | Parturition | 0.02 |
Constitutional Diseases | 1.27 | Bones and Joints. | 0.08 |
Developmental Diseases | 1.94 | Integumentary Syestem | — |
Dietetic Diseases | — | ||
External Causes— | |||
Local Diseases— | Accidents | 0.47 | |
Nervous System | 0.99 | Homicide | — |
Organs of Special Sense | 0.04 | Suicide | 0.03 |