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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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The rate for England and Wale is 74 and for the Coutitv
of Lontjpn 70.
The Zymotic Death-Rate of .52 per l,000 is slightly lower
than last year's figure of .59.
The figures relating to different constituent parts of the Borough are as follows:-
| Districts | Birth Rate | Death Rate | Death Rate per 1000 Live Births | Zymotic Death Rate | Consumption Death Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infants under 1 year. | Diarrhœa &c. Enteritis (under 2 yrs.) | |||||
| .36 | .91 | |||||
| .64 | ||||||
| — | — | .30 | — | |||
| .62 | ||||||
Attack Rates of the various notifiable diseases per 1,000 living in the several districts are as follows:—
| Districts | Small-pox | Diphtheria | Scarlet Fever | Erysipelas | Typhoid Fever | Puerperal Fever(pe-1,000 Births) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .64 | .02 | — | ||||
| .44 | — | |||||
| 3.61 | — | — | ||||
| .36 | .09 | |||||
| 5.12 | .60 | .60 | ||||
| Whole Borough | .58 | .04 |
Before closing this introductory review I may be pardoned
perhaps for referring to an event which does not strictly come
within the period covered by this Report. I refer of course to
the Local Government Act, 1929. The general principle underlying
this Act, which came into force on the 1st April, 1930,
is to give greater freedom to local authorities in administering
the Health Services. An important provision in the Act is the
substitution of block grants for percentage grants. Local
authorities are also enabled to extend their existing services
without the sanction of the Ministry of Health, such extra
expenses, however, being borne by the local authorities.
On the 1st April functions hitherto performed by Boards
of Guardians, and in the Metropolitan area, the Metropolitan