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Public Health Officers,
Royal Hill, Greenwich, S.E.10.
May, 1930.
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 1929.
The Birth-Rate is 15.81 per 1,000, and is the lowest rate
ever recorded. The average for the last ten years is 19.70.
The Birth-Rate for the County of London is 15.7, and
16.3 for all England and Wales.
The Death-Rate is 13.38 per 1,000 of the estimated
population and is the highest rate returned since the War year
1917 and 2.45 higher than the average for the previous five
years, hut nevertheless compares favourably with the rates far
the County of London and England and Wales, which are
returned at 13.8 and 13.4 respectively.
This increased Death-Rate is in a large measure due to the
high mortality from Influenza and diseases of the respiratory
and circulatory systems consequent upon the abnormally cold
weather experienced during February and March. This statement
is confirmed in that the number of deaths recorded in the First
Quarter of the year was greater than in any first quarter since
the inception of the Council.
The Infant Mortality Rate for the Borough, measured by tihe
number of deaths under one year to 1,000 births registered, is
70, compared with 55 last year.
The Rates in the various Metropolitan Boroughs varied from
41 in Lewisham, 47 in Stoke Newington, 53 in Hampstead,
58 in Hackney, and 61 in Hammersmith, up to 81 in St. Pancras
and Southward, 82 in Shoreditch. 84 in Kensington, 89 in
Stepney, and 99 in Paddington.