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Greenwich 1860

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

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Table: 1860. TABLE No. 5.TABLE No. 5. Shewing the Births and Deaths during each quarter of the fear, which are finally condensed into one Table shewing the Total Amount of Births and Deaths throughout the entire year, the Ages at which those Deaths occurred, the various Diseases causing those Deaths.

1860. TABLE No. 5.

TABLE No. 5. Shewing the Births and Deaths during each quarter of the fear, which are finally condensed into one Table shewing the Total Amount of Births and Deaths throughout the entire year, the Ages at which those Deaths occurred, the various Diseases causing those Deaths.

DISTRICTS.Population.BIRTHS.DEATHS.AGES AT TIME OF DEATHCAUSES.
M.F.Total.M.F.Total.Under 5.5 to 1010 to 2020 to 3030 to 4040 to 6060 to 8010 0 1090 and upwards.Scarlatina.Measles.Hooping Cough.Small Pox.Diarrhoea fit Dysentery.Fever.Phthisis.Heart and Chest Diseases beside Phthisis.Croup,Intestinal Affections.Brain Disease.Diphtheria.Puerperal Fever.Atrophy & Old Age.Influenza.Cholera.All other Diseases.Inquests.Total.
FIRST QUARTER,
Greenwich East686813610661167295453718114131....29221212....18........7....73
Greenwich Hospital................................1....152813....................2....621....39........1........6....48
Union Workhouse........................71....669971............1....10122....13........14........3....46
Greenwich West93891826866134404424212712462....112837....518....115........193118
Dreadnought Hospital....................................5731........................2....54................................5....16
St. Paul, Deptford1811743551271352621428101411303413....516151926771143723172....3214262
St. Nicholas, Deptford3642783131623541324121........4....115321....112........4........8262
Total3783737513322936252532220353479129476152349728691842269125592....3019625
SECOND QUARTER,
Greenwich East586512310858166233264692........52122910........9........5........6455
Greenwich Hospital........................................2636l61........................721....88........3........8....61
Union Workhouse........................41....82161531....................181....112........13........5250
Greenwich West82651476858126413463102310111812251031....28........7........95101
Dreadnought Hospital................................21372....1....................5265....2........................5....25
St. Paul, Deptford16918635575841597084151322234....172323243117285212........229159
St. Nicholas. Deptford44317612122411212....26............3....11115....16....................4124
Total353347700263212475149171350316411236323367122065111121715240........5921475
THIRD QUARTER,
Greenwich East58481067637113191242411........7....13166....34....13........5....40
Greenwich Hospital............................1....141811............................413....26........2........7135
Union Workhouse........................21145223....................1....106........1........15........4138
Greenwich West5451105483684216....55151331....531....21313186........5........11169
Dreadnought Hospital....................................1022............................2222....1........................6....15
St. Paul, Deptford154144298707414467648924242....2127464152415232114....1212144
St. Nicholas, Deptford302454141226151............361....232....3114........3........1........2426
Total2962675632081593671241582823579021142712615105168219432240....1569367
FOURTH QUARTER,
Greenwich East6181142996116025327....1096....211....21811129....28........11261
Greenwich Hospital........................................1627101................1....422....19........4........4....45
Union Workhouse........................9....2734245............1....13139........5........20........2....54
Greenwich West119100219586212035624525225....1....3151935........18........9........193104
Dreadnought Hospital................................3652............................1324........1....................5....16
St Pau Deptford189177366112101213125611101123233141016444235166305116........294213
St. Nicholas, Deptford4532772926553313....2673....166....2....111225....25........10355
Total4143908042982505482271623342776112312816275161260143911775562........8012518
TOTAL
Greenwich East14845245262507389217606961210229... 274391614637632492734....424........296229
Greenwich Hospital2454............................11....521109502................3....2183....1432........10........251189
Union Workhouse980........................222322153470182........112204319....221........62........143188
Greenwich West21391348305653242222464137191017177185306825768104011611550....136........5812392
Dreadnought Hospital202................................63421911....................1011515....31....................21....72
St. Paul, Deptford377326936811374384394778404282947449910422112452616132088183932118147592110429778
St. Nicholas, Deptford7977155129284868116794855415315....31582776412426....210........2410162
Grand Total85581144113772818110191420157537064147115276443135122999482750702455061477282141420121275612015