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FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
of
The Medical Officer of Health
for the
GREENWICH DISTRICT.
To the Greenwich District Board of Works.
Gentlemen,
According to the practice of preceding years I beg to
lay before you the annexed Tables which will convcy briefly,
but correctly, not only the mortality for the past year, but
also a comparative account of the mortality of previous years.
Through the kindness of Mr. Saw, the Superintendent
Registrar for this District, who has supplied me with Tables
containing a statement of the Population as finally revised
for the Census of 1861, I am enabled to give you a more
accurate account of the mortality of the District in its
several divisions, and as a whole, than in former years.
On referring to Table No. 12, you will perceive that there
has been a large increase in the population of the District
during the past 10 years.
The Parish of Greenwich has now a population of 39,872,
showing an increase of 4844 since the former Census of 1851.
The Parish of St. Nicholas, Deptford, according to the
late enumeration has a population of 7977, being an increase
of 906 upon the Census of 1851; and the Parish of St. Paul,
Deptford, contains a population of 37,732, which number
will show the enormous increase of 12,833 inhabitants
during the last 10 years.