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Public Health Offices,
Borough Hall.
Royal Hill, Greenwich, S.E.10.
May, 1927.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit herewith the Annual Report
as Medical Officer of Health for the year 1926.
The Death-Rate is 10.89 per 1,000 of the estimated population.
This is .93 lower than the average for the previous 5 years
and compares favourably with the rates for the County of London
and England and Wales which are both returned as 11.6.
It is also pleasing to be able to state that the Death-Rate
is the lowest recorded since the inception of the Council.
The Birth Rate is 17.75 per 1,000. Last year the Birth
Rate was 18.92 and the average for the last 10 years 20.06.
The Birth Rate for the County of London is 17.1 and 17.8 for
all England and Wales.
The Infant Mortality Rate for the Borough, measured by the
number of deaths under one year to 1,000 births registered is 61
compared with 69 last year. The rate for England and Wales is
70, and for the County of London 64.
The Zymotic Death Rate of .40 per 1,000 is slightly lower
than last year's figure of .58.