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 1927
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The following table which is compiled by the Registrar-General shows at a glance the relative position occupied by Greenwich with other Boroughs in London:—
Borough. | Rate per 1000 population | Borough. | Rate per 1000 Population. |
---|---|---|---|
Woolwich | 10.3 | Battersea | 11.8 |
Stoke Newingtom | 11.8 | ||
Lewisham | 10.8 | St. Pancras | 11.9 |
F ulham | 11.0 | Islington | 12.0 |
Bethnal Green | 11.1 | Holborn | 12.0 |
Camberwell | 11. 1 | Lambeth | 12.2 |
Deptford | 11.1 | Shoreditch | 12.2 |
Wandsworth | 11.2 | Hammersmith | 12.5 |
Hackney | 11.3 | Bermondsey | 12.6 |
Stepney | 11.4 | Paddington | 12.8 |
Poplar | 11.5 | Finsbury | 12.8 |
City of London | 11.5 | Southwark | 12.9 |
St. Marylebone | 11.5 | Kensington | 13.1 |
Hampstead | 11.6 | Chelsea | 13.5 |
City of Westminster | 11.7 |
Locally the Death Rate varied from 9.16 in Kidbrooke,
10.59 in East Greenwich, 10.66 in Charlton, 11.11 in St.
Nicholas, Deptford, up to 11.48 in West Greenwich.
Of the total number of deaths, 5 under five years of age
were of illegitimate birth, 3 of whom were under one year of
age.
The following table shows the variation in, and average of the Death Rates in each of the five Districts of the Borough in the five years 1922 to 1926, compared with the figures for 1927.
District. | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | Averagefor 5 years. | 1927 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Greenwich | 11· 26 | 10·43 | 11·14 | 10·87 | 10·82 | 10·90 | 10·59 |
West Greenwich | 15·27 | 12·97 | 11·84 | 12·45 | 12·24 | 12·95 | 11·48 |
St. Nicholas, Deptford | 17·61 | 12·58 | 11·77 | 12·63 | 14·22 | 13·76 | 11·11 |
Charlton | 11·68 | 8·74 | 12·41 | 11·36 | 8·89 | 10·61 | 10·66 |
Kidbrooke | 12·38 | 10·47 | 6·61 | 6·09 | 5·45 | 8·20 | 9·16 |
Borough | 12· 92 | 10· 95 | 11·47 | 11·36 | 10·89 | 11·51 | 10·83 |