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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 1924

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1924

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Table: 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.

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.

1924.1924.
Infective Diseases—Local Diseases—continued.
Epidemic0•92Circulatory System1•39
Sporadic—Respiratory System1•87
Venereal0•02Digestive System0•61
Septic0•08Lymphatic System0•04
Malarial0•03Urinary System0•28
Tuberculosis1•21Reproductive System0•01
Parasitic Diseases—Parturition0•01
Constitutional Diseases1•22Bones and Joints0•01
Developmental Diseases2•12Integumentary System0•01
Dietetic Diseases0•009External Causes—
Local Diseases—Accidents0•49
Nervous System0•91Homicide—
Organs of Special Sense0•03Suicide0•07

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REMARKS ON VARIOUS DEATH CAUSES.
Infective Diseases.
Epidemic.—There were 97 deaths due to this class of disease,
equalling a Death Rate of .92 per 1,000 ; the rate last year was .58
and was .88, .93, and 1.34 in 1920, 1921, and 1922 respectively.
Zymotic.—The purely Zymotic class of epidemic diseases is
credited with causing a total of 73 deaths, equalling a Death Rate
of .69 per 1,000.
Locally the Zymotic Death Rate varied from 009 in Kidbrooke
(.00 in 1923), .57 in West Greenwich (.51 in 1923), .60 in Charlton
(.15 in 1923) to 1.77 in St. Nicholas, Deptford (1.03 in 1923).
Small.Pox.—There were no deaths from Small-Pox, this being
the twenty-second year since a death occurred from this cause in
the Borough.
Measles.—Twenty-eight deaths only were ascribed as due to
this disease. 27 being under five years of age.
The number of deaths recorded last year was 2, and in the
years 1920, 1921 and 1922, 26, 5 and 29 respectively.
Eleven deaths occurred in East Greenwich, 5 in West Greenwich,
6 in St. Nicholas, and 6 in Charlton.
Scarlet Fever.—This disease occasioned 2 deaths, both of
which were under five years, and occurred in East Greenwich.
Six such deaths occurred in 1922 and 2 in 1923.
Whooping Cough. This disease was given as the cause of
16 deaths with a death rate of .15 per 1000. There were 13, 11
and 10 deaths respectively in the years 1923, 1922 and 1921.
Seven deaths occurred in East Greenwich, 1 in West Greenwich,
4 in St. Nicholas, 3 in Charlton, and 1 in Kidbrooke.