Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich District]
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1859. TABLE NO. 6.
DISTRICTS. | Population | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | AGES AT TIME OF DEATH. | CAUSES. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | Under 5. | 5 to 10 | 10to 20 | 20 to 30 | 30 to 40 | 40 to 60 | 60 to 80 | 80 to 90 | 90 and upwards. | Scarlatina. | Measles. | Hooping Cough. | Small Pox. | Diarrhœa & Dysentery. | Fever. | Phthisis. | Heart and Chest Diseases, beside Phthisis. | Croup. | Intestinal Affections. | Brain Diseases. | Diphtheria. | Puerperal Fever. | Atrophy & Old Age. | Influenza. | Cholera. | All other Diseases. | Inquests. | Total. | ||
Greenwich East | 12628 | 244 | 243 | 487 | 493 | 311 | 804 | 151 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 52 | 59 | 12 | .... | 34 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 7 | 25 | 63 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 29 | .... | .... | 47 | 10 | 330 |
Greenwich Hospital | 2600 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 4 | ... | 2 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 151 | 54 | 1 | .... | .... | .... | .... | 8 | 6 | 35 | 76 | .... | 14 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 23 | .... | .... | 25 | .... | 243 |
Union Workhouse | 1000 | .... | .... | .... | ..... | .... | .... | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 45 | 105 | 28 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 28 | 19 | 46 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 3 | .... | 81 | .... | .... | 19 | 3 | 231 |
Greenwich West | 18607 | 319 | 338 | 657 | 257 | 193 | 450 | 131 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 25 | 48 | 82 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 37 | 88 | 4 | 18 | 52 | .... | 1 | 33 | .... | .... | 65 | 361 | 11 |
Dreadnought Hospital | 193 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 13 | 37 | 21 | 13 | 5 | .... | .... | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 13 | 4 | 13 | 17 | .... | 4 | 8 | 6 | .... | 1 | .... | 4 | 19 | 5 | 89 |
St. Paul, Deptford | 24899 | 705 | 626 | 1331 | 353 | 358 | 711 | 354 | 38 | 29 | 39 | 43 | 90 | 87 | 29 | 2 | 67 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 46 | 26 | 86 | 132 | 9 | 29 | 104 | .... | 1 | 60 | .... | .... | 93 | 10 | 711 |
St. Nicholas, Deptford | 7071 | 159 | 156 | 315 | 90 | 72 | 162 | 75 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 17 | 11 | .... | 11 | 2 | 2 | .... | 11 | 6 | 18 | 30 | .... | 5 | 24 | 1 | .... | 11 | 1 | .... | 37 | 3 | 162 |
Total | 66998 | 1427 | 1363 | 2790 | 1193 | 934 | 2127 | 735 | 74 | 78 | 142 | 139 | 291 | 506 | 155 | 7 | 128 | 42 | 18 | 6 | 186 | 76 | 260 | 418 | 18 | 85 | 289 | 14 | 7 | 238 | 1 | 4 | 305 | 42 | 2127 |
IN THE YEARS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1857 | 1461 | 1396 | 2857 | 1083 | 818 | 1901 | 654 | 38 | 76 | 140 | 116 | 256 | 478 | 129 | 14 | 22 | 12 | 29 | 11 | 116 | 98 | 240 | 411 | 12 | 109 | 287 | .... | 3 | 209 | 4 | 2 | 252 | 83 | 1901 |
1858 | 1251 | 1194 | 2445 | 1161 | 885 | 2046 | 728 | 84 | 95 | 152 | 144 | 251 | 448 | 139 | 7 | 92 | 66 | 50 | 4 | 95 | 90 | 261 | 493 | 21 | 65 | 227 | 4 | 12 | 227 | .... | .... | 307 | 32 | 2046 |
1859 | 1427 | 1363 | 2790 | 1193 | 934 | 2127 | 735 | 74 | 78 | 142 | 139 | 291 | 506 | 155 | 6 | 128 | 42 | 18 | 6 | 186 | 70 | 260 | 418 | 18 | 85 | 289 | 14 | 7 | 238 | 1 | 4 | 305 | 42 | 2127 |
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