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REPORT.
To the Greenwich District Board of Works.
Gentlemen,
A number of Tabular Forms will preface this my Third
Annual Report; on the merits of which I will leave you to form
your own opinions. They have been compiled with great accuracy,
and considerable time has been devoted to the abbreviation of such
facts and information as will appear necessary to convey to you a
true and complete statement of the Mortality of your District.
Although to many the foregoing Forms would be alone sufficient
to elucidate the various changes that have occurred in the sanitary
condition of the District, since the commencement of the operations
of the Metropolis Local Management Act, still there are many
points connected with those Tables, and many subjects associated
with further necessary sanitary improvements, that require more
particular allusion, and which, to the best of my ability, I will
endeavour to introduce to your notice and consideration.
During the past year of 1858, the deaths registered amounted to
1161 Males and 885 Females, making a total of 2046. These
numbers exhibit an increase upon the previous year of 78 Males
and 67 Females, making a total of 145. This fact cannot fail to
attract your particular attention.
It has fallen to my duty to represent to your Board on several
occasions during the past year, that an unusual amount of sickness
was prevailing in the District, and more particularly sickness arising
from Epidemic Diseases; and I brought to your notice the large
number of deaths arising from that class of disease. Those representations
are fully borne out by the Mortality Tables that I have
now the honour of Laying before you.