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Public Health Offices,
Borough Hall,
Royal Hill, Greenwich, S.E.10.
May, 1934.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Following the retirement of Dr. Annis after a long and distinguished
period of service in the Borough, I have the honour to
present the Annual Report on the health of the district for the year
1933.
The Report being an ordinary one and not a "Survey Report"
is little more than a summary of the work done by the Public Health
Department and is based on the instructions contained in the
Ministry of Health's Circular No. 1346.
The Birth Rate is 13.71 per 1,000 of the population. This is
slightly lower than the figure for 1932, and once again is the lowest
on record for the Borough. The average for the last ten years is
17.08.
The Birth Rate for the County of London is 13.1, and 14.4 for
all England and Wales.
The Death Rate is 11.96 per 1,000 of the estimated population.
The Death Rates for the County of London and for England
and Wales are 12.3. The average Death Rate for the Borough for
the last ten years is 11.21 per 1,000 of the population.
The Infant Mortality Rate for the Borough, measured by the
number of deaths under one year to 1,000 births registered, is 66,
compared with 80 last year, and 63 the average for the last ten years.
The Infant Mortality Rate for the County of London is 59 and
that for 118 large towns, 67.
The total number of deaths arising from the class known as the
Common Infectious Diseases was 43, as compared with 62 for the
previous year. The Death Rate is .44 per 1,000 of the population.