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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 1923
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1923
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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.
| 1923. | 1923. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Infective Diseases— | Local Diseases—continued. | ||
| Epidemic | 0.58 | Circulatory System | 1.18 |
| Sporadic | — | Respiratory System | 1.69 |
| Venereal | 0.06 | Digestive System | 0.39 |
| Septic | 0.09 | Lymphatic System | 0.01 |
| Malarial | 0.02 | Urinary System | 0.40 |
| Tuberculosis | 1.30 | Reproductive System | 0.04 |
| Parasitic Diseases | — | Parturition | 0.03 |
| Constitutional Diseases | 1.39 | Bones and Joints | 0.03 |
| Developmental Diseases | 1.81 | Integumentary System | — |
| Dietetic Diseases | - | ||
| External Causes— | |||
| Local Diseases— | Accident | 0.40 | |
| Nervous System | 1.13 | Homicide | — |
| Organs of Special Sense | 0.07 | Suicide | 0.08 |
REMARKS ON VARIOUS DEATH CAUSES.
Infective Diseases.
Epidemic.—There was 60 deaths due to this class of disease,
equalling a Death Rate of .58 per 1,000; the rate last year was 1.34
and was 1.53, .88 and .93 in 1919, 1920, and 1921 respectively.
Zymotic.—The purely Zymotic class of epidemic diseases is
credited with causing a total of 47 deaths, equalling a Death Rate
of .46 per 1,000.
Locally the Zymotic Death Rate varied from .00 in Kidbrooke
(.30 in 1922), .15 in Charlton (.36 in 1922), .48 in East Greenwich
( 87 in 1922), .51 in West Greenwich (1.03 in 1922) and 1.03.in St.
Nicholas, Deptford (1.69 in 1922).
Small-Pox.—There were no deaths from Small-Pox, this being
the twenty-first year since a death occurred from this cause in the
Borough.
Measles.—Two deaths only were ascribed as due to this
disease, both being under five years of age.