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Greenwich 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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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 populationBorough.Rate per 1000 Population.
Lewisham11.7City of Westminster13.8
Woolwich12.5*Greenwich13.8
Hampstead12.8Poplar13.8
Deptford12.9Hermondsey14.1
Stoke Newington13.0Lambeth14.4
Wandsworth13.0Islington14.6
Camberwell13.2Holborn14.7
liethnal Green13.3Kensington14.7
Fulham13.4Pad dim ton14.9
Hackney13.5St. Pancras15.0
Hammersmith13.5Chelsea15.2
St. Marylcbone13.5Southwark15.4
Stepney13.6Shoreditch15.5
Battersea13.8Finsbury15.6

* This figure differs slightly from that shewn in
other parts of the Report owing to the figure being
based on a lower population.
Locally the Death Rate varied from 11.50 in Kidbrooke,
12-94 in East Greenwich, 13.32 in Charlton, 13.61 in West
Greenwich, up to 16.13 in St. Nicholas, Deptford.
Of the total number of deaths, 8 were of illegitimate birth,
all of whom were under one year of age.

The following table shows the variation in, and average of the Deatih Rates in each of tine five Districts of the Borough in the five years 1924 to 1928 compared with the figures for 1929:—

District.19241925192619271928Average for 5 years.1929
East Greenwich111410.8710.8210.5911 0310. 8912.94
West Greenwich11.8412.4512.2411.48121012. 021361
St. Nicholas, Deptford11.7712.6314.2211.1111.5012.2416.13
Charlton12.4111.368.8910.6610.3710.7413.32
Kidbrooke6.616.095.459.168.827.2211.50
Borough11.4711.3610.8910.8311.1311.1313.38