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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 1916

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1916

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the Notification of Births Act, 1907:-
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907.

Table: Date of adoptio-17th March, 1909.

Date of adoptio-17th March, 1909.

1909.1910.1911.1912.1913.1914.19151916
Total Number of Births notified in each year since adoption1, 2282,6632,5532,4502,6232,5132,2802,497
(a) Attended by Midwives6421,2981,2821,4121,3401,3381,2261,314
(b) Attended by Doctors5861,3651,2711,0381,2831,1751,0541,183
Number of Still Births notified in each year1651247153364261
Number of Births registered in each year2, 4922,4572,3812,3932,5452,4092,3472,354

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The rates of Infantile Mortality varied amongst the Metropolitan
Boroughs from 70 in Woolwich to 128 at City of London.
For all London the rate was 89 in 1916, compared with 112 in
1915 and 104 in 1914. For England and Wales the rate was 99, compared
with 110 in 1915, 105 in 1914 and 109 in 1913.

Table: Locally, the variations were from 51 per 1.000 births in Kidbrooke, 75 in Charlton, 68 in East Greenwich, 92 in West Greenwich, and 156 in St. Nicholas. The following table compares at a glance these figures for the years since the formation of the Borough:-

Locally, the variations were from 51 per 1.000 births in Kidbrooke, 75 in Charlton, 68 in East Greenwich, 92 in West Greenwich, and 156 in St. Nicholas. The following table compares at a glance these figures for the years since the formation of the Borough:-

DistrictAveragefor 5 Year s 1901-5 InclusiveAverage for 5 Years 1906-10 Inclusive191119121913191419151916
East Greenwich12910612478103878568
West „126110156811089611992
St. Nicholas179143137160135214192153
Charlton1211091006580637175
Kidbrooke397942-40——51
TOTAL131111129841039810183

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