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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich]
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The following table gives the number and character of the intimations respecting births in the Borough since the adoption of the Notification of Births Act, 1907: —
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907.
| 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | 1915. | 1916. | 1917. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Births notified in each year since adoption | 1,228 | 2,663 | 2,553 | 2,450 | 2,623 | 2,513 | 2,280 | 2,497 | 1,992 |
| 642 | 1,298 | 1,282 | 1,412 | 1,340 | 1,338 | 1,226 | 1,314 | 1,095 | |
| (b) Attended by Doctors | 586 | 1,365 | 1,271 | 1,038 | 1,283 | 1,175 | 1,054 | 1,183 | 897 |
| Number of Still Births notified in each year | 16 | 51 | 24 | 71 | 53 | 36 | 42 | 61 | 47 |
| Number of Births registered in each year | 2,492 | 2,457 | 2,381 | 2,393 | 2,545 | 2,409 | 2,347 | 2,354 | 1,967 |
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The Infantile Mortality, measured by the deaths of children
under one year of age to the number of births registered, was 105
per 1,000 births, there having been a total of 203 such deaths
during the year, as compared with 235, 101, and 197, the figures
for the three preceding years. The number for the County of
London was 103 per 1,000 births, the average for the past five
years in Greenwich has been 98 per 1,000 births.
For all London the rate was 103 in 1917, compared with 89
in 1916 and 112 in 1915. For England and Wales the rate was
97, compared with 99 in 1916, 110 in 1915 and 105 in 1914.
Locally, the variations were from Nil per 1,000 births in
Kidbrooke, 97 in Charlton, 106 in West Greenwich. 109 in East
Greenwich, and 114 in St. Nicholas.
The following table
pares at a glance these figures for the years since the formation
of the Borough: —